Freedom of Speech to be Returned!!!
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After rereading the thread on Terry Jones, I now know that I had you mistaken for someone else. So for falsely accusing you of hypocrisy I sincerely apologize. Apparently in my old age my memory can't perfectly keep track of who said what.
Still waiting for you to tell me where you thought the contradiction was... *jeopardy song plays*
Everything I said was correct and accurate assessment of the tool Ezra.
Everything I said was correct and accurate assessment of the tool Ezra.
So now we are back to the strange state of affairs where I can phone everyone in the phone book and play a recording about how we should kill all the muslims but if I do it at the local mall I get thrown in prison...
How is that free speech exactly? Seems to me it just makes our justice system a bit of a mix and match.
How is that free speech exactly? Seems to me it just makes our justice system a bit of a mix and match.
Well, hate speech at the mall is a criminal offense, while hate speech over the internet is processed through the human rights tribunal to avoid the perpetrator becoming a criminal. Before section 13 of the human rights act it was actually not against the law to disseminate hate over the internet or the phone. The particular case was a man, in Toronto I believe, handing out cards that invited people to call a certain number. Once they called that number they would hear a tirade against Jews, if I remember correctly.
So repealing the human rights tribunal will put us back into the bizarre situation where I can operate a Canadian based website that says "Kill all of people X" but I would not be allowed to say the same thing in public. That is why I am confused as to how freedom of speech has been returned.
What does the UK legal system have to do with the changes being discussed in ours?
After rereading the thread on Terry Jones, I now know that I had you mistaken for someone else. So for falsely accusing you of hypocrisy I sincerely apologize. Apparently in my old age my memory can't perfectly keep track of who said what.
OK, we're cool <3
You still wanna have this inalienable rights discussion?
(omg make-up debate!)
Everybody has the inalienable right to be a dick head as long as they don't make a public spectacle of themselves.
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