Via Bloggingportal.eu’s campaign I became aware of the controversial new media law in Hungary that seems to introduce mechanisms that elicit media censorship. A lot can be said about this law and its compliance with ECHR and the founding principles of the European Union. But I would like to take a different approach. Instead of providing some legal analysis I will take the liberty (sic) to remind the Hungarian government a poem they should know better. The poem is written by the Hungarian poet and revolutionary Sándor Petőfi in 1847, 2 years before his death.
Szabadság, Szerelem!
E kettő kell nekem
Szerelmemért föláldozom
Az életet,
Szabadságért föláldozom
Szerelmemet.
Freedom, Love!
These two I need
For my love I sacrifice life
For freedom I sacrifice my love.