If you tell lies about me I should have the option to call you a liar and make you stop. Why? Because those lies might threaten my life and well being. Your freedom stops where mine begins.Outsourcing the issue from the government to the civil system doesn't change a thing. Heck, Mill argues that civil oppression is worse than government opression. It is not the form of the punisher that is the issue here, the issue is what is allowed to come out of ones mouth. In public.
"And if the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war and not popularity seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war." - William Tecumseh Sherman
“The market, like the Lord, helps those who help themselves. But unlike the Lord, the market does not forgive those who know not what they do.” - Warren Buffett
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