By Francina Morel

On March 3rd, Transport Union leader, Jaromir Dušek said, “People in the Czech Railways are just a group of gay men because no heterosexual could be so corrupted as gay men.” After hearing what Dušek had said, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic called on Dušek to make a public apology for his remarks. Dusek refused to give an apology. Though Dušek said that his remarks were said in a jokingly manner, he also added that his statements were in fact “partly true.”

Do you think Jaromir Dušek should make a public apology for his homosexual remarks?
“No I don’t think he should apologize because of freedom of speech. Everybody has the freedom to say whatever they want to say. It’s just what he wanted to say and he said it.”
— Jaglika Jovanoska (Left), Student at VSCHT, from Skopje, Macedonia

“I think that before he said it, he thought about it and he has the right to talk about how he feels so I don’t think he needs to apologize.”
—Namwaki Elizabeth (Right), VSCHT Student, from Uganda

“I feel that while yes, he does have freedom of speech, he also has a responsibility to be respectful towards all of his fellow citizens, and in that respect, he should apologize.”
—Brianna Pomatico, NYU Student, from West Islip, Long Island

“He should apologize because what he said he meant to say in a wrong way. It all depends on how you say it and when you say it. In his case he said it in a bad context. The things you say have to be somewhat politically correct.” —Juan Diaz Morales, Waiter at Las Adelitas Resturant

“I think he should apologize the public deserves it.”
Olga Emiliyanova, Student in Prague, from Russia