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By that same reasoning, China has a guarantee that it won't punish you for badmouthing their government...as long as it's done in the privacy of your own home.
by argv_empty 17y ago
By that same reasoning, China has a guarantee that it won't punish you for badmouthing their government...as long as it's done in the privacy of your own home.
America's free speech is a guarantee of nonpunishment _regardless_of_forum_.
- codexon 17y agoThat is incorrect. You are not allowed to cry fire in a theater nor are you allowed to say you will assassinate a public figure.
- argv_empty 17y agoI'm not sure what you're getting at here.
- codexon 17y agoWhat I'm getting at here is that you are trying to be pedantic know-it-all, yet you fail to know the details of free speech which you claim to be so knowledgeable about. Just because I named 2 dubious uses of free speech, "slander" and "assasination", doesn't mean that the laws can't be twisted to clamp down on more legitimate issues: such as revealing corruption in the government which can be construed as libel in the US. Overall, I am disappointed in the attitude of HN readers like you who take freedom of speech lightly.