(August 28, 2014 at 3:45 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote:I don't like the concept of freedom of speech as Americans put it, almost unlimited, but I also don't like what happens in some European countries where there's a culture of political correct opinions and having an unpopular opinion will automatically make you a racist or a close minded person. Example, insulting Islam being a crime.(August 28, 2014 at 3:42 pm)Tonus Wrote: Oppressive censorship is always easiest to implement against the unpopular and seemingly most deserving members of society. Once they're out of the way, the censors find themselves with a lot of power and few people to exercise it against. So they start expanding the meaning of "stupid."
Always the slippery slope no? However, surely there is a balance I mean look at the South man....it is turning into a dystopia, as minimalist stated. The whole game changes once the idiots get elected. Free speech (unchained) is made for an educated population. With out that, then you give the freedom for people to be well destructive against others.
In my opinion, freedom of speech should be illegal if it endangers others or the entire society. If it is merely an opinion, then OK.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
