Struggling for Words

STRUGGLING FOR WORDS: Jerm's cartoon sympathises with struggle era freedom fighters who have been banned by order of the Equality Court from singing the words "Kill the Boer" as it amounts to incitement and hate speech. The ANC has taken up the cause to challenge the order in the name of free speech. Cartoonists have found themselves straddling both sides of the argument - while free speech must be defended at all costs, how can one defend incitement and hate speech? The simmering issue of the controversial Muhammad cartoons brings an international perspective to this dilemma.