OT: For all the genocidal dictators...

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by Growltigga:
Freedom of Speech does not permit you to violate both public policy principals and public morality.

Freedom of Speech does not allow me to stand on my soapbox and advocate genocide, rape, abuse, child pornography or a whole host of other issues. Freedom of Speech should not allow stupid bloody websites like this.

Well, actually it does. Well technically it doesn't allow you to violate the principles, but it does allow you to talk about violating the principles. The right to speak your mind for better or worse is one of the fundamental principles of a free and open soceity. The internet with it's anonimity and instantaneous global reach is the purest form of this principle in action today. In many countires where this freedom of speech is not protected by the government, the internet is the only option some people have to exercise this freedom.

Unfortunatly many people choose to excercise this opportunity to appeal to the basest of human behavior. But that is their right, as long as they are only talking about it and not actually participating in those things they speak of.

Geoschmo