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https://blog.namecheap.com/we-say-no-to-sopa/ https://blog.namecheap.com/we-say-no-to-sopa/ "At Namecheap, we believe having a free and open Internet is the on
by aestetix 9y ago
https://blog.namecheap.com/we-say-no-to-sopa/ https://blog.namecheap.com/we-say-no-to-sopa/
"At Namecheap, we believe having a free and open Internet is the only option that will continue the legacy of innovation and openess that stands for everything we all value in our modern society." --Namecheap CEO Richard Kendall, 2011
I'm curious what changed.
- Daishiman 9y agoContent that incites hatred is not free speech.
- vageli 9y agoHow do you "incite hatred"? Inciting violence I can understand, but I'm curious what you meant by your statement. I feel hatred can be instilled, but not sure how it can be incited.
- jopython 9y agoThe US Supreme court has overruled that before.
- Daishiman 9y agoThe US Supreme court is not the end-all-be-all of legal systems. Most European systems do consider that hate speech can be proscribed, as do most Latin American jurisdictions.
- gspetr 9y agoEurope still has Lèse-majesté laws in the 21st century: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9 Not to mention the Holocaust denial laws. But you can deny Armenian genocide just fine. Convenient, eh? "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize." -- Voltaire.
- JCzynski 9y agoIt is the consistent position of the United States Supreme Court that hate speech is protected free speech.