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By banning shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre, you also prevent people from warning you when there IS fire. Now you've created perverse incentives. I suspect
by nileshtrivedi 10y ago
By banning shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre, you also prevent people from warning you when there IS fire. Now you've created perverse incentives. I suspect there might be a fire, but will not speak up until it is too late.
Bad speech can be countered by MORE speech. Ban on speech cannot.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agofacepalm Did you honestly believe I meant to say that people should not be warned about an actual fire?
- nileshtrivedi 10y agoNo, you didn't mean it. I'm saying that there is a trade-off involved in banning any speech. suspect is the key word.