Originally Posted by Gebbinn

Perhaps nice was not the best word. My intent was to say that years ago, if you were being a complete idiot, and speaking offensive stuff (such as Bush is responsible for terrorism in the world,) then someone would come along and correct you in a satisfyingly capital way. Nowadays, in the environment of pro-bono lawsuits and multi-million dollar tort awards, fear has taken over, and if you even look at someone cross-eyed you end up in court spending thousands to defend yourself. Therefore, the days of smacking someone upside the head for acting like an idiot are firmly and definitively over. As such, our society is quickly devolving.

Just because you have freedom of speech does not mean you should say whatever lunacy is in your head.

See, even though I used the word idiot, I never actually called anyone any names either, nor did I personally attack any specific beliefs. I am proud of me.