Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore
How many bombs have blown up in Denmark lately?

Anyway, I do not have a problem with what your analogy, I see that as part of the free speech thingy. Solutions to that problem would be:

1. Debating against you/educated the people to believe that you are wrong.
2. Safety measures towards those who would be affected by any violence.

I won't under any circumstance support punishing people for what they say. That goes for the KKK, Al Qaida wannabes, Nazi's, red brigades, etc. too. I don't like them or their views, I may even hate them both, but I won't support legal action against their ideas. There are two reasons for this:

1. I don't think it's effective(unless, of course, we're talking in a big brother scale, but I certainly don't want that).
2. It's a principle thing.
Aaah, but there was an attack planned for Britain, correct? Personally, I think you're guaranteeing yourself a hatful of trouble if you codify your laws such that inciting violence is only a crime if you're successful.

That being said, I salute you for your Voltaire like absolutist view of free speech. I assume you are okay with yelling "Fire" in a crowded movie theater as an expression of free speech?