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Free speech is not the opposite of offensive. Free speech can be, and often is, offensive as hell. (edit: Quick clarification - this comment is not meant to i
by jat850 16y ago
Free speech is not the opposite of offensive.
Free speech can be, and often is, offensive as hell.
(edit: Quick clarification - this comment is not meant to indicate, either way, my stance on the act of burning Qu'rans or flags, or any other free speech issue, for that matter.)
- grandalf 16y agoA book is just paper with words printed on it. So long as there is no danger of permanently erasing the content from history, then it's just like burning any other paper.
- jat850 16y agoWhat's not offensive to you (burning words on paper) still has the propensity to be offensive to some. Effigies are just straw or wood, but burning them can be abhorrent to some witnesses.
- grandalf 16y agoI agree, but I place all such offense in the same category as the Mohammed cartoon offendees.