October 10, 2007

  • Featured Question #61: Freedom of Speech

    Should there ever be limits to the "Freedom of Speech"? Why?

    The only limits on speech should be a limit placed there by oneself. Not everything that springs to mind should be given voice, but I don't think anyone has the right to tell someone else what to think or say. Some people obviously take freedom of speech to an unwarranted extreme, but at most they should be ignored by their peers until they learn to comport themselves in a mature and intelligent way. If everyone stopped laughing at racist jokes, snubbed anyone who gave voice to religious bigotry, refused to associate with anyone who behaved badly, then after a while there wouldn't be any need to apply any external controls. People would avoid topics which are unwelcome to their peers.

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