They say, "the pen is mightier than the sword."
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Some new evidence...
Regip Zarakoglu, writer/journalist jailed in Turkey.
Orhan Pamuk, Nobel laureate-literature, not welcomed in Turkey/Azerbejan.
Both have been accused of insulting Turkishness....
Salman Rushdie recently cancelled his travels to India - there were threats and he heeded.... He has been regarded a threat to his own religion and some are not happy.
China has imprisoned several dissident writers.
In Mexico the threat is much more... they just assassinate journalist.
The rulers are scarred of the ruled...They always have been...
That's why they created Kafka's web.