d an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or Tolerance is a strange term, for one may use to for anyone, everyone and no one, for everyone is tolerant to some extent and intolerant beyond that. So far as people are concerned it is quite excusable but when it comes to nations the approach of selective tolerance is sad, to say the least. More so when the nation happens to the most powerful nation in the world -- the US. In the case of the United States, which boasts of being the foremost liberal democracy in the world, political intolerance is downright deplorable. What makes it worse is that the US is using force against the scribes in a nation it brought to its knees by using sheer brute force. What is interesting is that to muffle journalistic voices the law being used is a near mirror image of the one that Saddam used to silence dissent.

The New York Times reported that at present three journalists who worked for a small Iraqi newspaper have been put on trial for insulting the public authorities by writing articles that talked about corrupt practices in the offices of local judges, provincial governor and some of the police officials. They are being tried for having violated Paragraph 226 of the penal code, according to which anyone who “publicly insults” public officials or the government in general could face imprisonment for up to seven years.

It is not simply about an action against journalist. It is not even about right to free speech though it is one of the core concerns. The question here is: could the US do the same thing had an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or

e case of the United States, which boasts of being the foremost liberal democracy in the world, political intolerance is downright deplorable. What makes it worse is that the US is using force against the scribes in a nation it brought to its knees by using sheer brute force. What is interesting is that to muffle journalistic voices the law being used is a near mirror image of the one that Saddam used to silence dissent.

The New York Times reported that at present three journalists who worked for a small Iraqi newspaper have been put on trial for insulting the public authorities by writing articles that talked about corrupt practices in the offices of local judges, provincial governor and some of the police officials. They are being tried for having violated Paragraph 226 of the penal code, according to which anyone who “publicly insults” public officials or the government in general could face imprisonment for up to seven years.

It is not simply about an action against journalist. It is not even about right to free speech though it is one of the core concerns. The question here is: could the US do the same thing had an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or

e one that Saddam used to silence dissent.

The New York Times reported that at present three journalists who worked for a small Iraqi newspaper have been put on trial for insulting the public authorities by writing articles that talked about corrupt practices in the offices of local judges, provincial governor and some of the police officials. They are being tried for having violated Paragraph 226 of the penal code, according to which anyone who “publicly insults” public officials or the government in general could face imprisonment for up to seven years.

It is not simply about an action against journalist. It is not even about right to free speech though it is one of the core concerns. The question here is: could the US do the same thing had an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or

g violated Paragraph 226 of the penal code, according to which anyone who “publicly insults” public officials or the government in general could face imprisonment for up to seven years.

It is not simply about an action against journalist. It is not even about right to free speech though it is one of the core concerns. The question here is: could the US do the same thing had an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or

d an American journalist in America were to write such an article about public officials in the US? So, is the culture of tolerance, objective inquiry and political transparency territorial in nature? By the look of things it seems that tolerance is not about political ethos, but is about the circumstances and practicability. One is tolerant so long as it serves one's purpose or is forced to be by law, convention, tradition or custom. Tolerance, therefore, is case sensitive, and liberalism just a political tool.