Cyberspace is perhaps the last frontier of freedom. A new threat now confronts the blogging community. People are being procecuted for views and opinions expressed in their blogs. With the advance in technology, employers are in a position to monitor even the most private activities of their employees ans charge them with violation of company policy for opinions expressed in their personal blogs. Justice Wendell Holmes has defined the limits of the freedom of expression and as long as ablogger conforms to the Holmesian principle, it is illegsl to take action for opinion. Expression of a thought or opinion can never be a punishable offence in any democracy. Afterall, we are not living in an Orwellian world of "Thought Police".
The air hostess who was dismissed from her job because of what she posted on her blog deservesd public sympathy as she is a symbol of the right of free expression.
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