Surely, you're joking! India has some degree of free speech, but if you criticize Bal Thackeray, worry for your life. Not just because of Shiv Sena goons, but because of the police. How many rave parties have the police busted? Yes, that's part of being free. Heck! I was taken to the police station for questioning because I was out late at night. (I was coming back from a movie.) How many hoops should one jump through to start a business in India? Compare that to China.
The thing about freedom is that you aren't the only person who is free. Sane or rational behavior is not a necessary outcome of being free. Its not freedom from stupidity or narrow mindedness. :)
It surely is freedom from stupidity and narrow-mindedness of government officials. I don't hold the government accountable for the values of rapists. But I do hold it accountable for its own actions (and inaction).
Surely, you're joking! India has some degree of free speech, but if you criticize Bal Thackeray, worry for your life. Not just because of Shiv Sena goons, but because of the police. How many rave parties have the police busted? Yes, that's part of being free. Heck! I was taken to the police station for questioning because I was out late at night. (I was coming back from a movie.) How many hoops should one jump through to start a business in India? Compare that to China.
But I agree with your conclusion.