>>Then you need to ban gossip as well. That's precisely the thing - effective society does ban gossip. Sure, it doesn't get rid of it 100%, but it recognizes i

>>Then you need to ban gossip as well. That's precisely the thing - effective society does ban gossip. Sure, it doesn't get rid of it 100%, but it recognizes it as a harmful thing and stigmatizes it. It does not meekly accept that because some gossip exists and cannot be eradicated, all should be free to gossip however much they like.