12-31-2007, 07:41 AM
[quote h'][quote MacMagus] Would you not agree that certain forms of hate speech should be limited?
No. Not as a matter of law. so you think the U.S. constitution should be changed?
The US Constitution does not impose limits on the speech of citizens. Rather, it limits the encroachments that the government can make upon speech.
> Then what exactly is your argument?
I've made several. The gist is that PeterB wants greater power for himself to speak and to censor than he'd grant to his students.
> you seem to be advcocating for a society in which we'd all need to meet
> weekly with our lawyers to file piles of suits to protect our reputations from
> idle anonymous potshots.
If you're so spiteful of every negative comment made about you that you'd feel the need to sue, the legal bills would surely be a token of cosmic justice.
No. Not as a matter of law. so you think the U.S. constitution should be changed?
The US Constitution does not impose limits on the speech of citizens. Rather, it limits the encroachments that the government can make upon speech.
> Then what exactly is your argument?
I've made several. The gist is that PeterB wants greater power for himself to speak and to censor than he'd grant to his students.
> you seem to be advcocating for a society in which we'd all need to meet
> weekly with our lawyers to file piles of suits to protect our reputations from
> idle anonymous potshots.
If you're so spiteful of every negative comment made about you that you'd feel the need to sue, the legal bills would surely be a token of cosmic justice.