(December 27, 2015 at 12:33 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(December 27, 2015 at 10:52 am)paulpablo Wrote: I don't understand how you can protect everyone's freedom to do what they want, many people want to restrict other people's freedoms, for example with religious laws.
I've read Abaris's views long enough to fill in the blanks -- I'm pretty sure that the "freedom to do what they want" ends when that "freedom" inflicts itself on others.
Don't disagree with that at all. But that is not an either or or all or nothing. The balance is case by case and depends on context of situation. Speech stops at acts of violence or destruction of property you don't own, or calls to violence on others or their property.
Still a completely separate issue than the claim being valid. Humans have rights but the claim can be picked on ridiculed and even cussed out.
Many in the right wing west, if they had their way, even without cussing, a website like this many would ban if they could. So if we value the rights of others, part of that is the ability to offend.
You are never going to get all 7 billion humans to only say nice things about each other. But in the west we do a better job of insisting on common law.
