bbking said:
This is not an issue of free speech - if anything it might be academic freedom but even that is a bit weak.
Look at it this way - if you were to make a comment that would cast your employers reputation into doubt that employer would have every right to turf your arse and give as a reason that you no longer share the same goals.
bbk
ok guys... someone please help me understand this free speech thing as I just don't quite get it....
Ernst Zundel was tried (i think) for saying that the holocaust did not exist (or something like that)......
Was he not just expressing his right to free speech??? That he did not believe that a holocaust actually happened? Inspite of overwhelming proof that the holocaust did happen????
Can anyone make a statement and claim their right to free speech to protect them from the law?
Secondly, I can understand that this gentleman may have his opinion and his right to free speech and speak his mind. However, does his right protect his employment??? I guess his lawyers could argue that it does.
But does an employer not have the right to terminate an employee for damaging the company's reputation????
If you want free speech, then you should be willing to deal with the consequences, should you not?