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Next deadline: March 2, 2015

Letter from the

ow, as ever, religious prejudice and

moral conflicts dominate the media
market. Madonna recently compared France
to Nazi Germany, due to the anti-Semitic
attitude that she has noticed throughout her
time in the country. This accusation was not
unjustified--a report published by the Pew
Research Centre found that anti-Semitism
was at its highest in 2014 when compared
with the previous seven years.

All of this is happening while Mein Kampf,

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Adolf Hitler’s 1925 manifesto, is at the
center of a heated debate. The book’s
copyright will expire on December 31,
putting it legally into the public domain.
The German state of Bavaria currently
holds the copyright, and is working with
the German government to try and have it
banned from publication after the expiry.

This brings back the question of free
speech and freedom of opinion, which
has been highlighted in the media since

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the January attacks at Charlie Hebdo. The
question of where to draw the line in
publication--of placing limits on opinion
for the good of the reader--is one that
every editorial staff must deal with.

Over the Edge offers free speech at
UNBC, but it is very important, as for
all publications, that we are not hurting
anybody. If you, at any point, have any
comments about what we are printing,
please bring them to our attention.