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I often wonder if we’re emerging as a society that must agree on free speech but must also agree on ethical compromises. Extreme left and right wing views are b
by hsbauauvhabzb 3y ago
I often wonder if we’re emerging as a society that must agree on free speech but must also agree on ethical compromises. Extreme left and right wing views are both problematic and there is some validity to LE being unable to track electronic crime due to encryption.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t trust any proposed laws in their current state, but as a society we trust judges to sentence people for crimes, and referees to call foul in sport - I just wish there was the formation of a legitimate ethics committee which would act in good faith on society, because inevitably rights will erode and without one we will be left with less.
Edit: I’m sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but I’m interested to hear contrasting thoughts, please vocialize disagreements
- shawnz 3y agoThere is no objective morality, so any such ethics committee must have to make some trade-offs that are a matter of opinion. We can already mostly agree as a society that protecting civil liberties is more important than having zero crime: otherwise we wouldn't have freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, and other things which make it easier to commit crimes.
- geraldwhen 3y agoMost of the world doesn’t have freedom of speech. You can absolutely be arrested and jailed for speech in Europe.
- gmerc 3y agoHave a chat with Alex Jones about the limits of free speech. Every country has for practical reasons of survival some limit on speech.