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While the US doesn't exactly have an untarnished record with free speech, at least it is a constitutional right. The UK, on the other hand, doesn't guarantee fr
by jasonjei 15y ago
While the US doesn't exactly have an untarnished record with free speech, at least it is a constitutional right. The UK, on the other hand, doesn't guarantee freedom of speech and has in recent years banned certain forms of literature. Michael Savage is banned from entering the UK and was compared to violent religious and racial zealots, even though he never told anyone to use violence.
From Wikipedia:
> "On 6 December 2007, Samina Malik was convicted of possessing literature deemed illegal by the Terrorism Act 2000. The illegal literature included poems she had written. She received a nine-month suspended jail sentence.[40] This case has been condemned by Hizb ut-Tahrir[41][42][43]"
- ashconnor 15y agoAlthough the UK doesn't have a constitution, Freedom of Speech is guaranteed in Article 10 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and protected by the European Convention on Human Rights. That being said, the number of clauses in which freedom of speech is 'restricted' means that the UK doesn't strictly have freedom of speech. You are even free to speak as you want or not. The UK falls into the latter category.
- radu_floricica 15y agoYelling fire in a theater? Absolutes are of no use in this kind of discussion... better to go with "more" and "enough".
- ashconnor 15y agoThen the offense should be "endangering the public" through wreckless actions than the speech itself.