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Old 05-02-06, 02:26 PM   #61
jonboy
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Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel
One thing that is certain though, is when it comes to freedom of speach, simply offending someone is not reason enough to restrict that freedom.
Someone walks up to you in a bar and starts calling your girlfriend abusive names. Would you stop him? Would you consider yourself within your rights?
Now here you're deliberately creating a scenario that isn't about freedom of speech it's about a one-on-one situation that involves personal attack rather than objective and considered expression.


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