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Why hasn't Britain adopted some sort of free speech law in the spirit of the US's first amendment? They've had over two hundred years to do so. Can anyone provi
by hughlomas 14y ago
Why hasn't Britain adopted some sort of free speech law in the spirit of the US's first amendment? They've had over two hundred years to do so. Can anyone provide insight into why?
- Nursie 14y agoThere seem to be a large number of people (lets call them dumbasses) who are quite happy with the status quo, and rather like the idea that people can be put away for saying the wrong thing. This is (of course) because in their minds they are part of the in-crowd and people caught by these unjust laws are part of the out-crowd and are therefore 'other'. Many humans do not care about what happens to anyone that can be defined as 'other'. It never seems to occur to them that it could be used against themselves or their relatives. They also seem to trust government implicitly. Perhaps it's a generational thing. I hope this changes.
- lttlrck 14y agoIt would not do what you think it would. "In practice, the right to freedom of speech is not absolute in any country and the right is commonly subject to limitations, as with libel, slander, obscenity, sedition (including, for example inciting ethnic hatred), copyright violation, revelation of information that is classified or otherwise." Source Wikipedia.