[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

On the same premise: it's fine (for example), to go give verbals to your gay neighbour that he's a sick, perverted bent shot, who likes the brown and Aids was God's way of getting rid of types like him?

It's fine to go upto a disabled wheelchair bound person, give them **** and mock them by saying, "hey dude, if you don't like it....WALK away ya crippled spastic".

That's seems to be what you are saying.... free speech and all that?

At what point do you think 'far' is 'too far'.... or don't you?


*Serious note: the above are only examples of what people DO put up with in real life, and should not be taken as my personal opinion, by anyone reading*

Originally Posted by Dezzy

'Freedom of speech is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear'

People are going on at me like I'm defending his actions, I'm not but true free speech isn't all pretty and the idea within this topic that free speech is only okay as long as it doesn't offend anyone is ridiculous, that's not free speech and it always shocks me in these topics how quickly people are willing to throw away their rights so easily.

Freedom of speech isn't all sugar and rainbows but the societies that practice it benefit from it hugely. If we're so willing to throw it away to punish some moron with the brainpower of an amoeba then I'm not looking forward to what comes next. As I said before cases like this are a very slippery slope.

Care to address the post above and the points I made in that Dezzy?