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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
yes, because the one time some idiot yelled fire in a theater, dozens of people were killed in the stampede. unfortunately, there are people out there that have the notion that 'freedom of speech' immunizes you from having to have common sense, forethought of your actions, or consequences thereof.
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My point was the the freedom of speech certainly isn't absolute, and only exists as long as it is convenient for the powers that be. Given that the powers that be have succesfully bamboozled at least part of the populace into happily trading in their hard earned freedom for a quickfix of psuedosecurity, let's check back on our precious freedom of speech twenty years from now, and see where it is.