Sledgy, as much as you think you are free of the governments involvement in your life they still "govern" over you. It was set up so Daddy could tell the kids what to do without Daddy having to pay mommy in what should be an equal marriage. "We the people of the United States" Ment (as much as we hate to admit it), we the…
Freedom of speech has nothing to do with civilized or uncivilized. There is no limit to freedom of speech from a legal aspect. The limitations are moral limitations. Morally, I know not to use my freedom of speech to spew hate towards others. Morally, I know that I shouldn't insult someone, especially if I don't intend to…
I'm with Ninjas on this one. They believe something, so what? If they believe their belief means they can tell me how to live my life, tough shit. Yeah, their lives may suck while I'm in the bosom of civilization over here, they may commit suicide because of something I do. Tough shit, that's THEIR problem. Allowing…
[ QUOTE ] Sorry m8, but you are slightly contradicting yourself. You say that it is important for the free exchange of ideas and opinions. Could you then please tell how ideas and opinion are being exchanged from insulting each other? [/ QUOTE ] I don't see how he's contraticting himself. Freedom of speech is exactly as it…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I was talking about soccer, friend. I am a foreigner. But thanks for being a prick. : \ [/ QUOTE ] It's a good thing we take our soccer very seriously over here in America, being the most civilized and all. [/ QUOTE ] I think he was making the same point I was, that soccer(football) fans outside of the…
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Sorry m8, but you are slightly contradicting yourself. You say that it is important for the free exchange of ideas and opinions. Could you then please tell how ideas and opinion are being exchanged from insulting each other? [/ QUOTE ] I think the idea that the newspapers were trying to get across is…
I try incredibly hard to not to be judgemental of people, especially large groups of people, but the fact of the matter is that deep down Islamic fundamentalists absolutely terrify me. There's just something about the rapidity with which they seem to resort to violence and aggression as an answer that just makes them seem…
Hawk (and others): Even in the USA, Freedom of Speech rights do not excuse us from the consequences of our actions. Libel and slander (respectively printed and spoken expression that damages another person ... note that in this context, the Prophet would not likely be considered to be a person who could file charges) can…
[ QUOTE ] Sorry m8, but you are slightly contradicting yourself. You say that it is important for the free exchange of ideas and opinions. Could you then please tell how ideas and opinion are being exchanged from insulting each other? [/ QUOTE ] I think the idea that the newspapers were trying to get across is that they…
Hi all, firstly I am a Muslim and wish to put across my view point on this situation. Was the Danish newspaper company that published the caricatures exercising free speech? In my opinion, they were not. However, what it was an attempt at was to exercise the right to insult a group of people freely without the backlash of…