Wes Mantooth

We have assessed it many times Strange and I think we're, for the most part, happy with what we have. How could we possibly express any new ideas if we stopped to weigh the potential consequences any controversial opinion. It would be nice if people would from time to time, self censorship can go a long way, but you don't always know what the consequences of hateful or controversial opinions may be or for that matter the potential benefits (I don't know what they would be here but whatever you can't agree with everybody all the time). Surely burning somebodies sacred religious text is, in my opinion, quite repulsive and I doubt the simple act of outlawing the practice would matter to very few but the question of where to stop remains. Should it be illegal to print a picture of Mohammad due to the potential fall out? Should good old fashioned criticism or satire be censored if a group reacts violently to it? Personally I don't believe we can measure the value of our rights and freedoms based on the reaction of nut jobs who lack a sense of proportion, it simply isn't feasible or right.

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