Does the following provoke thought, particularly by younger YA participants.?

Again this week Iran placed more women under house arrest for organizing debate for equal women human rights in their country; North Korea starts confiing cell phones making calls to relatives in South Korea federal offenses; Islam calls for death for British publisher and author of book of Mohammed's life, and new calls for death of anyone distributing image of Mohammed. What are your feelings about supression of dissent, challenge, questioning and debate?