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Originally Posted by DamianJ
Yes it does. That is, by definition, what it means.
"Freedom of speech is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation, or both."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with consequences. (Which, incidentally, will never be the same.) |
From the same source you quoted:
"According to the Freedom Forum Organization, legal systems, and society at large, recognize limits on the freedom of speech, particularly when freedom of speech conflicts with other values or rights.[30] Limitations to freedom of speech may follow the "harm principle" or the "offense principle", for example in the case of pornography or hate speech.[31] Limitations to freedom of speech may occur through legal sanction or social disapprobation, or both."
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Originally Posted by u-Bob
Statist propaganda. The right of freedom of speech is absolute. The whole "you can't hurt other people's feelings" idea is just an excuse to silence opposition. If you destroy someone's property, you can measure the damage and put a price tag on that. But how the hell do you measure "emotional damage"? You simply can't.
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Just if you can't measure something precicely, it doesn't mean it's irrelevant. And these days emotional problems are maybe even bigger issue than physical ones for human kind.