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Free speech does not protect you from opposing religion
So I read this article and it discussed how many government officials including Obama are saying that free speech " has become less defined and less dependable for those espousing controversial social, political or religious views." This nonsense is being spewed in light of recent events revolving around that stupid YouTube video that caused mass riots in several Muslim nations.
First, I am pretty sure we have enough intelligence to say that the riots were planned by Muslim extremists and terrorists as an anniversary for 9/11 who then used the year old film as a scapegoat and justification for killing a U.S ambassador. Second, why is it only focused on Religion? Why can any religious nut bash homosexuals or anyone else not of their religion, but if you bash their religion all of a sudden you are in the wrong? None of this shit makes sense. Heck, I might even be committing treason for posting such outrage at this ludicrous. 'U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that “when some people use this freedom of expression to provoke or humiliate some others’ values and beliefs, then this cannot be protected.”' Okay so then we definitely need to start tearing pages out of the bible right? Most of Leviticus definitely needs to go as well as many parts of the Koran that spout hatred and anger towards "infidels." But now we are faced with the catch 22 where then we are not being tolerant of their intolerance. The entire point of freedom of speech is so we can address each other and speak our minds and differing stances on subject matters that might be . This inevitably will piss someone off. Cartoons world wide can not depict the prophet Muhammed in any way, shape or form because that is offensive. What is even worse is that we are being tolerant to the death threats that extremists respond with to said depiction of Muhammed. Which of these incite more fear and illustrate the most hatred? Seriously, fuck this PC bullshit. | ||
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What if I get a large group of zealot atheists together and we all decide that any talk/mention of G-d is a deemed insufferably outrageous/demeaning towards our beliefs and thus we will respond with force? Will that be protected? Fuck no! Only shows you how stupidly biased this bullshit is becoming.
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Freedom of speech isn't going anywhere. The guys that made the stupid anti Islam video aren't being sent to work camps.
Freedom of speech however doesn't mean what most people think it does. You can say stupid things (in the right venue - it doesn't protect you from preaching Satanism in church) but that doesn't mean you're free from the repercussions of your actions. Culpability is losing its meaning a lot faster than freedom of speech is. Also, other nations have differing culture and values than America does, and the world is becoming more and more globally connected.
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What I don't get is how we should "tolerate" other cultures (and by other cultures I mean extremists) who spout nothing but hate and threaten others with violence or respond with violence as that directly tries to censor others' free speech. That isn't being tolerant, that is being stupid. | |||||
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The only way to have any kind of logical consistency when it comes to free speech is when it is coupled with property rights. The reason you can't go into a church and start screaming whatever you want is because the owner of the church doesn't permit it. If the owner of the church permits it, it is perfectly fine.
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The only modifier is if you're inciting hate in ANY venue that may lead to actions (eg inciting moslems to attack non-moslems due to perceived slights) then you're committing an incitement to violence, which is recognized in law at least in the US (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio) and Canada (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada) - if we had these laws in some other countries and enforced them we'd see a lot of this crap disappear. Regards, Mg
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Go talk shit to a police officer... . Free speech is an utopy.
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I've always been nauseous of "incitement to violence" limitation. I just don't see a reasonable cutoff. Even Brandenburg's "imminence" limitation is twistable and suspect. Individuals are responsible for their actions, and it never sat well with me that we spread the culpability around.
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