SMNI etc: The clear and present danger test, applicable to all, where utterances with their context most likely lead to loss of lives/loss of life, or mayhem and destruction, as a standard, is the only safe and true ground upon which the right to freedom of expression can reside. All other arguments lead to confusing comparisons, confusing differentiation, confusing congress-charter-change debates, and in some cases, dangerous selective application, illegal shutdown, and discrimination, that work as forms of prior restraint on those selected.

SMNI etc: The clear and present danger test, applicable to all, where utterances with their context most likely lead to loss of lives/loss of life, or mayhem and destruction, as a standard, is the only safe and true ground upon which the right to freedom of expression can reside. All other arguments lead to confusing comparisons, confusing differentiation, confusing congress-charter-change debates, and in some cases, dangerous selective application, illegal shutdown, and discrimination, that work as forms of prior restraint on those selected.

(the interview below was conducted on 2-hours’ notice right before our Law on Mass Media class – Marami pong salamat mga nag-interview at producer sa pagkakataong maipaliwanag ang tanging valid ground na gumagamit ng clear and present danger test sa pagsawata sa mga mapanganip na pahayag at mapanganib na daluyan ng pahayag)