Best way to silence a critic is to respond positively to constructive criticism, not by killing
Digital Discourse Foundation 24.10.18 The sanctioned murder of critical Saudi journalist, a commentator for the Washington Post, Jamal Kashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on 2.10.2018 comes as a rude shock to observers and even more cruel to his kith, kin and fiancée. That the brutal crime was officially sanctioned by the Saudi royals makes the crime all the more savage, unexpected, unthinkably cruel and unpardonable in the day and age of internet powered transparency. The price Jamal Kashoggi had to pay for his constructive criticism of the totalitarian Saudi regime has only manifested the worst fears of human rights activists. It was the very lack of reforms that prompted Kashoggi to flee his country in the first place to use his pen for reform. His worst fears have manifested so cruelly on him. To think of the emotional cost on his divorced wife and children is gut wrenching. Kashoggi’s son had the unenviable task of greeting S...