Comments on: Tolerating individualism

By: tonynoboloney

tonynoboloney — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:33:43 +0000

Angelos, as long as you go with them.

By: marym

marym — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:43:24 +0000

Passing on insider info about stocks is illegal too.

By: owl 1

owl 1 — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:08:08 +0000

button, you beat me to it. Think of them as a bunch of Charlie Mansons. He didn’t kill anyone…….just exercising his free speech.

Okay, that one was easy. How about Prof Churchill? You think you can tolerate it and then you find out he is gently nudging “action”.

By: Angelos

Angelos — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:17:17 +0000

Exaclty. Calls to jihad and murder don’t fly in civilized nations. Speech isn’t that free.

Of course we let Limbaugh and O’Reilly and Malkin and Coulter spew their hatred too. Can we send them to Iraq? Along with the 101st Fighting Keyboarders…

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:11:16 +0000

Even in the US there are reasonable limits to free speech. You can’t yell “Fire” in a crowded theatre. Inciting to riot is a criminal offense. I fully agree with the stance Blair has taken.

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:02:48 +0000

I found the backup files. Never mind.

By: Angelos

Angelos — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:41:38 +0000

Apparently

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:24:32 +0000

I just lost my mind. HELP!

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:22:52 +0000

Watch what you say, you could hurt someones feelings and they may confuse their feelings with thinking and take it the wrong way. Don’t cross the line, even though the line is different for different people. It’s all over the top. Don’t blow your top kids.

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 13:06:21 +0000

I’m a dropout and a refugee from the law of averages.
Blogging is going from having fun to being a new Digital Mafia.
They all have an offer you can’t refuse. Beam me up Scotty.

By: button

button — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:58:55 +0000

Why do you supposed Charlie Manson is in prison?
Think about it.

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:53:13 +0000

Stay alive while you can. I wonder if it is true because it could of been right.

By: Jim Dermitt

Jim Dermitt — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:45:23 +0000

One hundred percent of us die and that percentage can’t be increased.

By: laocoon

laocoon — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 11:37:08 +0000

We have all kinds of limits on pure speech. Conspiracy to commit murder is a crime, even the accused’s part was solely to direct the actions of others, through nothing but speech. You can commit greivous harm through espionage without ever doing anything more than speaking – and espionage is severly punished.

I think President Lincoln had it right when he explained that one man deserting the Army deserved punishment, and thus it was just to arrest the newspaper publishers who incited hundreds of troops to desert.

Or, as Orwell put it, “the pacifists are objectively pro-fascist”.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 06:12:50 +0000

Expressing yourself is one thing, inciting others to violence is another. Call it conspiracy to commit violence. Call it contributing to the delinquincy of a minor. But don’t call it free speech.

Having freedoms means having responsibilities. Speaking your mind means taking reasonable precautions to ensure what you say does not lead to another being harmed. When your words are meant to cause a listener to harm another you have stepped over the line.