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> Making jokes about sensitive things (i.e. comedian in Quebec fined $30 000 for making joke about a man in a wheelchair) I feel like many people do not know a
by afiori 7y ago
> Making jokes about sensitive things (i.e. comedian in Quebec fined $30 000 for making joke about a man in a wheelchair)
I feel like many people do not know about some more of the context. Essentially the fine was in terms of damages, as in those jokes fueled bullying from many of his classmates.
Personally I feel that this is more properly part of a conversation about the boundaries of defamation rather than the boundaries of free speech.
- jariel 7y agoThat's a good thought, but 'defamation' is right in the centre of free speech conversations. It's a good example you bring up because it's as old as time and there doesn't seem to be a universal way to think about it just yet.
- afiori 7y agoI would say that defamation is different as it is about damages between individuals. There the concept is directly related to proving that damages have occurred, and a fine is in part meant to "correct the records." It is less about an abstract of what is the limit of free speech.