Comments on: The Problem With “Free Speech” http://midnightferret.com/2007/09/17/the-problem-with-free-speech/ .: Don't go in the water! :. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:40:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NtK http://midnightferret.com/2007/09/17/the-problem-with-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-2997 NtK Tue, 25 Sep 2007 23:17:05 +0000 http://midnightferret.com/2007/09/17/the-problem-with-free-speech/#comment-2997 Agreed about desirability of classy dissent vs crass iconoclasm. Forget where I saw it . . . two new mothers talking about TV shows for their toddlers: <blockquote>A: Do you let him watch Sesame Street? B: No, it's too tolerant. </blockquote> It's moments like that when I believe the neutron bomb is proof of a god ... Agreed about desirability of classy dissent vs crass iconoclasm.

Forget where I saw it . . . two new mothers talking about TV shows for their toddlers:

A: Do you let him watch Sesame Street?
B: No, it’s too tolerant.

It’s moments like that when I believe the neutron bomb is proof of a god …

]]> By: Brien http://midnightferret.com/2007/09/17/the-problem-with-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-2970 Brien Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:48:52 +0000 http://midnightferret.com/2007/09/17/the-problem-with-free-speech/#comment-2970 The biggest problem really is that people have the wrong idea of free speech - they equate free speech as "speech without consequences". And that's not the case - you can say whatever you want, but there are always consequences for what you say (just as there are consequences for any other action). I am certainly within my rights to say that somebody is a two-toothed, pus-filled, smarmy, degenerate, slack-jawed drooling putrescent mass of such incredible denseness that black holes quiver as they pass, but I should not be outraged or even surprised if there is an effect caused by what I say. On another note, I really need to work on my insults - the Shakespearian insulter at Ren Fair is totally going to own me. The biggest problem really is that people have the wrong idea of free speech – they equate free speech as “speech without consequences”. And that’s not the case – you can say whatever you want, but there are always consequences for what you say (just as there are consequences for any other action). I am certainly within my rights to say that somebody is a two-toothed, pus-filled, smarmy, degenerate, slack-jawed drooling putrescent mass of such incredible denseness that black holes quiver as they pass, but I should not be outraged or even surprised if there is an effect caused by what I say. On another note, I really need to work on my insults – the Shakespearian insulter at Ren Fair is totally going to own me.

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