"The Interview" has truly stimulated much ado. Centered around a CIA plot to assassinate Kim Jong-un and usher in a new democratic order, the satirical film has called on many to revisit the realms of freedom of speech.
Whether the threats supposedly posed by North Korea remain real or not should not overshadow the more fundamental discussion on freedom of speech. Having already withstood dangers across the globe, freedom of speech has safeguarded the very ideal of freedom itself.
Reflexive submission to those opposed to that ideal encourages its gradual destruction. To think otherwise may turn out to be a lapse in judgment.
Whether the threats supposedly posed by North Korea remain real or not should not overshadow the more fundamental discussion on freedom of speech. Having already withstood dangers across the globe, freedom of speech has safeguarded the very ideal of freedom itself.
Reflexive submission to those opposed to that ideal encourages its gradual destruction. To think otherwise may turn out to be a lapse in judgment.
Zehoon Choi
Assistant editing adviser of Yonsei European Studies at Yonsei University, Seoul
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