Bad news in France. P.S. This is how governments operate

[Fidel_Castronaut]

There is a contradiction, however, in governmental MOs and indeed the possible raison d'etre for a government.

On the one hand, the government's primary focus is the welfare of its citizens (or at least should be. Which is itself a contradiction, perhaps...), thus it should be preventing those that would harm this notion from operating, which in turn means it's preventing the welfare of its citizens.

FUCK.

and hence the discourse of politics is born.

It's a gray murky line to be sure, but in most cases I think it's pretty clear if someone is expressing support for an idea versus recommending a course of action (as weasely of a difference that may seem). Of course governments are about as tactful and precise as a gorilla holding a hand grenade, but I like to speak about free speech in the theoretical ideal.

Word.