OEJ/Frank/Charles
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:23 am
Frank said
"An intelligent person can always determine a shallow, stupid or poorly
informed comment. Censoring the comments, like censorship generally,
is a bad step."
Charles said
" would like to see the most evil minded, crass, bigoted, racist, sexist, ageist, comments on ANY site, be they a forum or otherwise. hy the hell should someones comments be deleted, whether you think they are right or wrong they are still someones feelings.
OEJ you are spot on. Charles and Frank are wrong. Frank dwells on an "intelligent person". What about the unintelligent people, Frank?
Let's imagine a situation where Frank, white lives in an overwhelingly black community. Charles is Asian and lives in an overwhelmingly white community. As a result of lengthy hate campaigns on local forums, both Frank and Charles are attacked and beaten up by members of the majority community.
I doubt if either Frank or Charles would be quite so keen about unfettered freedom of speech. This is why we have incitement to violence, racial violence, homophobic violence etc. as crimes which in fact limit what can be said/not said. And to do this is perfectly sensible in an increasingly hate-filled world.
CHeers
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"An intelligent person can always determine a shallow, stupid or poorly
informed comment. Censoring the comments, like censorship generally,
is a bad step."
Charles said
" would like to see the most evil minded, crass, bigoted, racist, sexist, ageist, comments on ANY site, be they a forum or otherwise. hy the hell should someones comments be deleted, whether you think they are right or wrong they are still someones feelings.
OEJ you are spot on. Charles and Frank are wrong. Frank dwells on an "intelligent person". What about the unintelligent people, Frank?
Let's imagine a situation where Frank, white lives in an overwhelingly black community. Charles is Asian and lives in an overwhelmingly white community. As a result of lengthy hate campaigns on local forums, both Frank and Charles are attacked and beaten up by members of the majority community.
I doubt if either Frank or Charles would be quite so keen about unfettered freedom of speech. This is why we have incitement to violence, racial violence, homophobic violence etc. as crimes which in fact limit what can be said/not said. And to do this is perfectly sensible in an increasingly hate-filled world.
CHeers
D