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> The problem with your argument is that you're looking backwards at what the government has done to predict what it will do. I am not predicting what the gove
by rbehrends 9y ago
> The problem with your argument is that you're looking backwards at what the government has done to predict what it will do.
I am not predicting what the government will do. I am predicting what the Constitutional Court will do.
- btschaegg 9y agoTo be fair: That's the same thing. Counting on a system of humans keeping its stance regarding a certain topic while declaring laws is a recipe for disaster.
- rbehrends 9y agoIt's not the same thing. A constitutional court has independent judges bound only by their conscience, the constitution, and precedent, the government is answerable to its voters. And if you actually get to a point where all these checks and balances do break down, you have much bigger worries than just suppression of speech (which at this point becomes just a further symptom of an autocratic or totalitarian regime, not its cause).