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    Bureaucratically Efficient Senior Member TinCow's Avatar
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    Default Re: Religious intolerance or freedom of speech.

    Quote Originally Posted by Navaros
    They could always stop instigating Muslims. Problem solved.
    That certainly might work, but is it in the best interests of society? Freedom of speech exists to protect the expressions that you don't like, not that ones that you do like. If you start demanding that everyone restrict what they say so as not to offend anyone else, then you are severely limiting free speech. There's a reason why the ACLU has defended the KKK and the Aryan Nation. It's not the message that counts, it's the ability to say it.

    I firmly believe that freedom of speech is the only thing humans have developed that has any possibility of creating and maintaining freedom and human rights. Anything that infringes upon that runs a risk of creating far more serious consequences in the long run. Having to let people say things that you disagree with or even that insult you is far better than losing the most important elements of modern society.
    Last edited by TinCow; 02-07-2006 at 15:32.


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