Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> >> What Free Speech? There Ain't No Such Animal.
> >
> >    There is, still.

> Where? Please name one country where you can say whatever you like with 
> impunity.

  The United States is still somewhat of a bastion of free speech. For
example, you can freely criticize a religion (*any* religion) and eg.
burn their holy book, and it's (still) protected by the constitution.
(Of course, as noted, they are working hard to rectify this "problem"
there.)

> Is it a great idea? Should someone be allowed to say racist and/or 
> sectarian things or incite others to hate?

  Absolutely. Free speech means that people are entitled to express their
opinions regardless of whether you agree with them or not. It doesn't
matter how hideous you think those opinions are.

  It's precisely the ideology that "free speech is bad because it allows
people to express the 'wrong' opinions" that's the major driving force
behind the modern movement of limiting free speech.

  When only "politically correct" opinions are legal, that's not free
speech. That's totalitarianism.

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                                                          - Warp

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