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Speech has never killed a man.
by Mononokay 9y ago
Speech has never killed a man.
- meri_dian 9y agoTell that to the victims of the Holocaust
- dang 9y agoWould you please not take HN into the bowels of internet flamewar? Of all the things we don't need here.
- meri_dian 9y agoSorry dang
- Mononokay 9y agoLast I checked, guns and gas killed them.
- meri_dian 9y agoWhy were those guns and gas used? Because of the hateful rhetoric of an evil man and an evil ideology.
- Mononokay 9y agoSpeech didn't kill them a single bit more than water did, if you're using that logic: What killed Holocaust victims? Gas. Why did they let that happen? Because the people forcing them to go in had guns. Why did they force them? Because they worked under a man who commanded that they be killed. How was he alive? Because he drank water, preventing him from dying of dehydration.
- meri_dian 9y agoI guess we're both right then
- lettergram 9y agoDepends, guns protect and enforce the speech
- chapill 9y agoBut you agree that the motive in both cases is to take away constitutional rights.
- Mononokay 9y agoNo, I don't. The motive in the case of speech is to silence a populus/punish dissenters. The motive in the case of guns is quite overwhelmingly safety.