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Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged?
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RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged?
August 22, 2011 at 10:49 am (This post was last modified: August 22, 2011 at 10:49 am by Napoléon.)
(August 22, 2011 at 10:45 am)frankiej Wrote: I just don't think you can punish someone for simply saying something.

Even if it is extreme

Ok so I decide to make death threats to someone and threaten to kill them within 3 days. The police find out about it but say, "hey, it's only words who cares?". I then proceed to kill whoever I said I would. Don't you think you'd be sitting there saying: well that should of been prevented?

Sure it's just words, but the consequences of these words are serious. I'm all for free speech but there is a line between saying something reasonable and abusing the freedom you have to commit other crimes.
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Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Cinjin - August 21, 2011 at 8:54 pm
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Skeptic - August 21, 2011 at 9:20 pm
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 9:00 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Napoléon - August 22, 2011 at 10:06 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 10:28 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Tiberius - August 22, 2011 at 10:36 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Napoléon - August 22, 2011 at 10:39 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 10:42 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Jaysyn - August 22, 2011 at 10:43 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Violet - August 22, 2011 at 1:40 pm
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 10:45 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Napoléon - August 22, 2011 at 10:49 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 10:59 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 11:07 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 11:14 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 11:17 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by frankiej - August 22, 2011 at 11:21 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Tiberius - August 22, 2011 at 11:46 am
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Jaysyn - August 22, 2011 at 3:32 pm
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Cinjin - August 22, 2011 at 1:07 pm
RE: Societal Scapegoat or Guilty as Charged? - by Tiberius - August 22, 2011 at 4:04 pm

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