Everyone has the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and opinions of any kind in any form. Discuss. A couple of "free speech" issues have arisen in the last week - one a bit ho-hum, the other somewhat more serious. The first case is that of Martin "Bomber" Bradbury and his blackballing from Radio New Zealand National's (RNZ's) "The Panel" afternoon chat show. He had been an occasional guest on this show until last week, when the RNZ powers-that-be decided his "what's on your mind?" rant against John Key was the sort of opinion mongering they didn't want to be associated with. (You can read the offending screed on "Bomber's" blog here if you want to ... suffice to say it mixes a bunch of legitimate gripes about John Key's recent actions with some over-the-top rhetoric ("...the sort of ravings one expects from a meth addict on a bender, not the political leader of a country") to create a fairly pedestrian hatchet job that will delight those who already dislike the man and simply irritate everyone else.) What is interesting, however, is the reaction to RNZ's decision from other bloggers who appear on the show. It has ranged from the condemnatory ( Brian Edwards ) to the rueful "it had to happen" ( Chris Trotter ) to the shrugging "meh" ( Scott Yorke ) to the cautiously supportive ( David Farrar ) to the cravenly silent in the face of disgraceful censorship