{In Defence of Freedom of Speech}][23rd January 1976]

[Redbook2:78B][19760123:0000]{In Defence of Freedom of Speech}][23rd January 1976]

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A Government is arresting people e.g. for speaking to passers-by at street-corners; the public are indifferent.

Each intending speaker finds two 'followers', each of whom undertakes (a):

(i) to find two more 'provisional followers', each of whom will repeat this undertaking (a)[(i)&(ii)] to him;

(ii) if the intending speaker is arrested, within a set period (e.g. one week) to embark upon the most public course of action which led to the arrest, arranging for as much publicity as possible.

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