As an arts lover, I am an instinctive supporter of the right to freedom of expression.
As an arts lover, I am an instinctive supporter of the right to freedom of expression.
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BY MARK BROWN
However, I do not uphold that right above all other rights. For instance, I would not, in the 1980s, have agreed to review the work of South African companies funded by the apartheid state. In my opinion, the rights of the oppressed black South African majority would have superseded the supposed "rights" of arts companies to attempt to promote and normalise apartheid South Africa.
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