Point take Labell... I'm surprised you didn't just link everyone to my previous posts...
I agree that censorship is a very slippery slope. However, I think we can agree that there is a place to draw the line on freedom of expression... in fact I believe this very forum draws lines on a regular basis.
Child porn... Can I just take pictures of naked children and claim Freedom of Expression...no. Can I draw pictures of naked children and claim Freedom of Expression? That's a little more grey. What about writing stories about Children Having sex? That's arguably gray too...
Can I take out and ad that advocates that we should kill all Jews because they are Evil (assuming some idiot will run your ad in their paper or on TV)? Personally I don't think that should be allowed. What about you?
Should people be allowed to distribute literature to school children that argues the holocaust didn't happen?
The list goes on...
All I want people to realize is that Freedom of Expression isn't absolute (even in the US).
The issue becomes what is a "reasonable" limitation of that Freedom of Expression?
The answer isn't going to sit perfectly well with everyone... but that's democracy in a nutshell isn't it?
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