Speak Up While You Still Can

WHAT TO do about the Finko and Rickety Review, its endorsement of censorship, and the authors' unconcealed contempt for freedom of speech?

Why not start by contacting Professor Stephen Parker, Vice-Chancellor of Canberra University, the institution where Matthew Ricketson heads the journalism program.

Tell Professor Parker that any journalist who advances the cause of censorship, especially political censorship, is unfit to teach. Further, advise him that Ricketson's presence on campus brings the entire institution into disrepute, which it does.

Here are Prof Parker's contact details:

Phone: 02 6201 5000
Fax: 02 6201 5036
Email: Stephen.Parker@canberra.edu.au 
Postal Address: University of Canberra ACT 2601
Executive Assistant: Ms Alexis Johnson
Phone : 02 6201 5000
Fax: 02 6201 5036
Email: Alexis.Johnson@canberra.edu.au

Make that your first shot, but not your only one. These gag artists and apparatchiks want to crimp and shrink the very thing that defines full and unfettered citizenship. They must be stopped -- and only a display of public outrage can achieve that end.

This is serious. If they want a fight, give 'em one.