An offtopic on free speech and hate speech in Latvia

I won't mix my personal libertarian views with the discussion of telecoms issues here, but I do think people should know what is going on, socially and politically, in Latvia, which is not only a telecoms market. So here, with the next Riga Pride (for me, a strictly free speech issue) coming on Saturday, May 31, are some thoughts and reflections on another, little-used blog of mine.

Offtopic--March for Equality in Riga

Although it is of little relevance to the discussion here, I am politically a libertarian and, therefore, support unfettered freedom of speech, assembly and lifestyle. Last year I posted an angry videoblog when the 2006 Riga Gay Pride March was banned. This year, after a court decision overturning last year's ban, the same event, called a March for Equality, took place. I shot some video, not put together as best I had hoped, on my other blog in English, the rarely updated Thoughts From Latvia. Please have a look if this interests you.