On 18/03/2012 6:39 AM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom>  wrote:
>> Should I be able to say that Joe Bloggs is a paedophile when he is not?
>> Having free speech would allow me to do so as I can say whatever I want.
>
>    And where exactly would you draw the line?
>
>    You see how this is going to the direction of "if someone gets offended,
> it should be illegal", which in turn makes almost everything illegal, which
> in turn is completely unworkable.
>
I have really not made myself clear on this.
I am not an advocate for restricting what people say. I got side lined 

To start at the beginning. I think that free speech whether it be verbal 
or written is something that is impossible to have. It is a nice concept 
but impractical, governments cannot allow it. State secrets for one 
thing make it very hard for any government to allow you to say whatever 
you want. Slander and libel laws are in opposition to free speech. 

Get my drift?
When a government wants to change things in their country they can pass 

laws. Or in the UK "incitement to racial hatred" was established as an 
offence in 1986 (I think that this is a good thing but it could be 
abused as all laws can). Since the act, race relations in the UK have 
been better, as far as I can see. At least as far as I can see.


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Regards
     Stephen

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