Irrespective of the merits of PETA’s campaign, however, those who stood up for free speech at the UN Human Rights Council should be able to see that the fact that some forms of speech cause offense is not sufficient reason to censor them. If PETA is not allowed to state its case against our abuse of animals in the way that they judge best, because doing so might offend some people, then criticism of religion could also be prohibited on the same grounds.
但抛开人道对待动物协会宣传的功过不论，在联合国人权理事会坚持言论自由的人应当认识到这样一个事实，即某种形式的言论造成某些人的反感并不是审查这些言论的充分理由。如果人道对待动物协会无权按照他们认为最有力的方式抗议我们对于动物的虐待，仅仅是因为这样做可能会冒犯某些人，那么对于宗教的批评也可以出于同样的原因被禁止。