re: N.B.A. Commissioner Commits to Free Speech as Chinese Companies Cut Ties (The New York Times, 2019, October 8)
China's religiously dogmatic insistence, echoing the Islamic and Christian persecution of heretics, apostates and blasphemers, that they officially "believe that any comments that challenge national sovereignty and social stability are not within the scope of freedom of speech," is premised on the idea that citizens are the slave property of the state, whose lives may be dictated to serve the purposes of others.
And that article of communist faith is, surprising none, a rejection of the underlying principle not only of democracy, but of good morals. Citizens, even Chinese citizens, are people with rights to a voice in their form of government, laws and society.
There is often a cost to doing the right thing, since ethics requires considering the interests of others, all others, rather than selfishly pursuing your own or your group's.
The NBA is right to insist on the right not only of Americans but also of Chinese and all other human persons to freely hold and express opinions on any and all social and political issues.
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The above comments were submitted as two by Felix Qui to the The New York Times article.
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