Results 1 to 10 of 155
Thread: Guns Guns Guns, Now Paris!
Threaded View
-
16th January 2015, 15:25 #27
- Join Date
- Sep 2001
- Location
- To the right of the left
- Posts
- 3,746
- Like
- 3
- Liked 141 Times in 111 Posts
The problem you have when free speech is limited is knowing when to stop. In a free society many people say things which are offensive to others. It's the price you pay for being able to freely express your own views. Banning certain viewpoints may sound good when it's something you find offensive.
The problem is "mission creep". When you have banned the most excessive and unpleasant expressions, where do you go from there? The range of subjects allowed in discourse is now narrower. There are always people who will strongly object to what is now the outer range of expression (after banning the other stuff). Repeat the cycle until you have a tightly controlled society with essentially NO freedom of speech."Old roats am jake mit goats."
-- Smokey Stover
- Likes: Tazio (17th January 2015)
It feels like this discussion is repeated a lot but you understand that sudden, chaotic changes that don't give manus sense that WRC has clear, trustworthy long-term vision is also a big problem? ...
WRC main class in 2025