Quote of the Day - 3 August 2004

[Mephisto2]

Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) - US (German-born) physicist

Rather relevant in today's world.


Mr Mephisto

[RoboBlaster]

Good luck, though. Maybe one day...

[KellyC]

tfp is a good example of that

[Esco]

Originally posted by KellyC
tfp is a good example of that

I'll second that.

[rat]

i beg to differ. even the TFP is close-minded. They don't allow the airing of bigotry: anti-semitism, hate speech, anti-homosexual sentiments, ad hominim attacks, questioning of someone's human ancestry and so on are all offenses punishable by banning.


NOTE: NOT THAT I ADVOCATE THE ALLOWANCE OF THOSE FORMS OF COMMUNICATION.

However, the stifling of bigots is still closing off their ability to participate in a community and contribute opinions (not necessarily valid) to the discourse. You'd be surprised just how limited your expression is here--as it should be.

[KellyC]

I'm aware of that. Any mature community would do the same thing. BUT! TFP tolerates radical ideas, outside of the box thinking, that's what I was going for.