Simon Singh To Appeal In UK Court Today

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday February 23, 2010 @08:32AM from the words-you-never-heard-in-the-bible dept.

TACD writes "Simon Singh, author, television presenter and known critic of pseudoscience, is in court today appealing the decision made against him last May over his use of the term 'bogus' to describe the methods used by the British Chiropractic Association. Today's decision could have far-reaching implications for the movement to reform Britain's horrifically outdated libel laws (that even America is making moves to protect its citizens against), and to begin taking steps to elevate Britain above the likes of China when it comes to open debate and freedom of speech."

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Re:Summary writer is a full blown moron by wjousts · 2010-02-23 08:50 · Score: 5, Insightful

Agreed. Less free speech than China is clearly hyperbole. Libel laws are a complete mess and need reform but comparing freedom of speech in Britain to (lack of) freedom of speech in China adds nothing to the debate.