Aamir
Khan's
comments
against
the
AIB
Roast
have
not
been
taken
well
by
several
people
in
the
country.
While
there
are
many
organisations
who
reported
the
video
to
be
vulgar
and
demanded
it
to
pulled
down
by
filing
FIR
against
the
actors
involved,
there
were
many
others
who
thought
the
video
was
fun
and
entertaining.
Aamir
called
it
a
shameful
act,
disappointing
etc.
At
this
point
many
fans
and
viewers
started
to
make
angry
comments
against
the
actor
in
regard
to
his
irresponsible
views.
But
one
person's
angry
open
letter
addressed
to
Aamir
Khan
has
drawn
most
attention
and
has
gone
viral
on
all
social
mediums.
The
letter
reads
as
follows:
Dear
Aamir
Khan,
This
is
about
a
video
of
you
on
the
subject
of
All
India
Bakchod's
Knockout
Roast.
I
agree
with
many
views
you
expressed.
I
think
it
was
juvenile,
offensive,
irresponsible.
I
agree
that
being
profane
for
the
sake
of
being
profane
is
not
funny.
I
agree
that
jokes
about
identity,
color
of
skin
or
sexual
orientation
-
particularly
blunt,
outright
insults
-
are
not
funny.
I
saw
the
Roast.
Some
of
it
was
funny,
some
in
bad
taste.
It
had
multiple
content
warnings
like
you
can't
miss.
I
appreciate
that
you
stressed
the
extent
of
the
right
to
object,
in
terms
of
expressing
your
dislike
and
requesting
that
the
offensive
speech
be
discontinued.
If
you
had
kept
it
at
that,
I
would
not
have
a
problem
with
your
views.
As
someone
speaking
up
for
Free
Speech
for
years
now,
I
have
a
problem
when
you
put
the
onus
of
not
offending
on
the
speaker
with
your
talk
of
the
creator
having
responsibility
and
oh
so
virtuous
nonsense
about
"dil
dukhana" and
what
not.
You
claim
to
be
a
responsible
creator,
yet
I
distinctly
recollect
speaking
up
to
defend
your
film
PK
(which
I
haven't
seen
yet)
from
people
who
were
outraged
by
whatever
insult
they
perceived
in
it.
Read
the
rest
of
the
letter
in
the
slides
below...
Para
4
If
the
responsibility
of
not
offending
falls
on
the
creator
of
the
content,
then
perhaps
you
are
not
as
ideal
as
you
seemed
to
imply
with
the
Delhi
Belly
example
and
perhaps
should
have
added
content
warnings
of
another
sort
"Caution:
Religion
discussed
here" etc
and
people
objecting
should
have
requested
you
with
folded
hands,
etc.
You
know
first
hand
what
happens
when
angry
people
don't
like
content.
Do
you
see
the
anger
as
your
fault?
Para
5
The
opinions
you
expressed
seemed
to
lack
the
gravity
of
understanding.
The
situation
was
beyond
saying
"please"
FIRs
were
filed.
There
were
threats,
intimidation.
The
All
India
Bakchod
videos
are
offline
and
they
are
busy
issuing
apologies
left,
right
and
center.
At
this
point,
when
you
speak
of
them
being
responsible
for
offending,
it
is
the
same
as
saying
you
are
responsible
for
the
vandalized
theaters.
How
you
think
offense
should
be
expressed
is
irrelevant
when
you
speak
after
it
has
already
been
expressed.
Who
you
blame
can
still
be
applicable
and
do
much
damage
to
free
speech
overall.
"Even
Aamir
Khan
said
that
you
should
not
offend
people".
Para
6
It
isn't
the
polite
requests
to
desist
that
are
the
problem
with
Free
Speech
-
the
subject
of
the
controversy
and
reason
you
were
asked
to
comment
at
all.
It
is
because
lives
and
property
are
routinely
harmed.
Voices
are
silenced.
The
issue
is
way
bigger
than
a
juvenile
video
or
what
you
or
I
think
about
it,
when
you
expand
your
opinion
into
a
blanket
responsibility
on
the
creator
for
"Who
is
responsible
for
hurt
sentiments?"
Para
7
Because,
that
question
also
answers
who
is
responsible
for
Perumal
Murugan
being
hounded
or
Shirin
Dalvi
having
to
go
underground
and
her
newspaper
shut
down
or
theaters
showing
PK
being
vandalized
-
with
the
WRONG
ANSWER.
People
may
not
follow
your
guidelines
on
asking
politely,
but
they
will
have
no
problem
appropriating
your
words
on
the
responsibility
of
those
they
want
to
silence
to
not
anger
them.
Para
8
That
is
how
FIRs
get
filed
and
threats
made
and
you
get
invited
to
comment
on
a
"wrong"
done
EVEN
AFTER
APOLOGIES
AND
THE
VIDEO
BEING
PULLED
DOWN.
Way
past
the
time
for
"Please,
Sorry,
Thank
you".
Your
words
end
up
endorsing
intolerance
by
legitimizing
people
being
offended
and
having
the
right
to
expect
the
creator
to
discontinue.
You
may
accept
that
as
your
limit,
but
if
others
did,
then
Free
Speech
wouldn't
be
a
rights
issue,
it
would
be
a
talk
show
where
everyone
shares
opinions
and
goes
home
happy.
Para
9
When
a
large
voice
like
yours
tells
people
that
people
speaking
must
be
careful,
and
people
who
get
offended
can
ask
them
to
stop,
a
thousand
voices
like
mine
get
raw
throats
trying
to
talk
sanity
on
the
issue
and
explain
why
it
is
not
okay
to
shut
people
up
just
because
you
don't
like
what
they
say.
"but
even
Aamir
Khan
agrees..."
The
louder
the
voice,
the
more
power
to
heal
or
damage
it
has.
I
request
you
to
be
careful
with
where
you
lay
blame.
Para
10
Out
of
stray
curiosity
and
as
a
side
note,
I
want
to
ask
you
if
you
asked
Karan
and
Arjun
to
not
propagate
the
videos
of
the
event
further
-
like
showing
clips
to
people,
like
you
saw,
or
putting
on
youtube
-
since
that
is
the
method
you
are
recommending
and
you
also
say
that
you
thought
the
show
was
offensive.
If
you
did
it,
and
they
listened,
perhaps
this
whole
situation
wouldn't
have
happened?
A
blogger
who
cares
for
the
Freedom
of
Expression.