[Merry Mockmas]

Originally Posted by BBXX

That’s fine for you to think, but your definition of freedom of speech isn’t THE definition of freedom of speech which absolutely puts restrictions on certain scenarios such as hate speech, which will come with consequences if broken.

Oh I know that the laws in this country will arrest/punish people for being dickheads, but imo being a dickhead in and of itself shouldn't see people removed off a Show like BB imo, and that's just away from anything Mickey's done because tbf he was pushing his luck.

Countries around the world claim that they need more Prison space, yet the law enforcement will arrest people for offensive comments, thus making even less Prison space.

I do respect you as a member so I do apologize if my previous post came across a bit OTT or rude, I just don't like people's speech being censored.

Because with someone like Mickey for example, I knew as soon as he said that he wanted to "tie Jojo up" that he was extremely unlikely to be someone that would be my favourite on Big Brother.

And that imo is the beauty of Big Brother, and the Internet nowadays as people will be more honest about their opinions, and you know if you like the person or not afterwards.

Where as tbf with this CBB lot some of them might have fantastic personalities irl, but they're being inhibited by production and a chunk of the public because their lives could be potentially ruined.

And in my view it's a slippery slope, because yes you're okay with censoring speech when it comes to people's prejudices, but it never stops there, history has taught us that.

I'm sorry for the long rant btw, freedom of speech is something that I am passionate about, as I didn't like it when Carol Vorderman got fired from the BBC over tweets either.