Harry’s 2016 Raspberry Awards

The First (and Last) Amendment Award

Free speech? Sure, you’re free to speak, but be aware that the Victorians who are still trying to figure out how to wind the Victrola are watching on the Internets machine and the twitters. Don’t dare express your concern about a result or a judge’s decision or your association’s possible lack of vision. You might well be suspended for your free speech. These folk with the skin of an onion will dangle you out there as an example for all that pointed, fair comments are not to be tolerated. Shut up and the Victorians will look after things over cucumber sandwiches in their grand tent. Here’s the thing, Victorians: it’s not going away. You are being watched and you will be held to account. Your boat is leaking and no attempts to plug the holes and bail the water will save you. As the Nobel laureate said: The times, they are a-changin’.