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If so, please defend your position, when such an act may lead almost directly to serious injury and perhaps death. Almost any speech more threatening than a mi
by theorique 13y ago
If so, please defend your position, when such an act may lead almost directly to serious injury and perhaps death.
Almost any speech more threatening than a mild children's book could legitimately be suppressed by these criteria.
Action film? Might encourage people to act violently.
Jackass and other prank/stunt shows? Might encourage people to take stupid physical risks.
Video games? Might normalize violent behavior and actions and cause people to act violently.
There's a reasonable argument for age restrictions in 'adult' material. Children or feeble-minded individuals might not 'get' that comedians joking about rape doesn't make it OK, or violent acts in video games aren't to be emulated by amateurs. But restricting speech that might have 'consequences' has the potential to restrict all speech, as long as a bureaucrat can come up with a wild story about how a long chain of cause-effect from that speech might eventually cause harm.