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The Right to Free Speech?

Postby Feisty » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:30 pm

I've just read a couple of posts where people are complaining about the right of free speech.
We may all have this right in life, but we don't have that right while using someone else's medium.
People who run forums have legal responsibilities as well as moral ones and like everything in life they have to be policied.

Perhaps people would like to debate this?
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Re: The Right to Free Speech?

Postby Brittania » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:33 pm

Feisty wrote:I've just read a couple of posts where people are complaining about the right of free speech.
We may all have this right in life, but we don't have that right while using someone else's medium.
People who run forums have legal responsibilities as well as moral ones and like everything in life they have to be policied.

Perhaps people would like to debate this?


Just to be clear..

Do I have the right to call you an ignorant chav cow?
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Postby Niki » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:38 pm

There is a law called libel or slander to prove that freedom of speech in certain cases is damaging. To write about or to a person in a negative and abusive way is not freedom of speech it is morally wrong and can do immense harm.
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Postby Feisty » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:38 pm

Well my opinion on that would be that the comment is more a reflection of you than me seeing as you have no idea who I am, what I stand for in life and are never likely to.

If the comment came from someone I know I may be offended but as it is you are a nothing to me.
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Postby Brittania » Tue Jun 24, 2008 4:45 pm

Feisty wrote:Well my opinion on that would be that the comment is more a reflection of you than me seeing as you have no idea who I am, what I stand for in life and are never likely to.

If the comment came from someone I know I may be offended but as it is you are a nothing to me.


Hmmm, lets try again....

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Postby Feisty » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:02 pm

No thanks.
I, and the people who's opinions are important to me, wouldn't think I needed it.
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Postby Brittania » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:03 pm

Feisty wrote:No thanks.
I, and the people who's opinions are important to me, wouldn't think I needed it.


Yeah, but they're your friends and family. They HAVE to say you look ok.
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Postby Feisty » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:12 pm

I'm confident enough in my own body not to need the adoration of sycophants and I am too demanding of the people who I surround myself with to give them the time of day anyway.

If you're trying to provoke argument out of me you won't succeed I'm afraid, you are not enough of an intellectual challenge to me.
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Postby Brittania » Tue Jun 24, 2008 5:13 pm

Feisty wrote:I'm confident enough in my own body not to need the adoration of sycophants and I am too demanding of the people who I surround myself with to give them the time of day anyway.

If you're trying to provoke argument out of me you won't succeed I'm afraid, you are not enough of an intellectual challenge to me.


Bit of a showoff are'nt you?
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Postby SSBubbles » Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:35 pm

Brittania wrote:
Feisty wrote:I'm confident enough in my own body not to need the adoration of sycophants and I am too demanding of the people who I surround myself with to give them the time of day anyway.

If you're trying to provoke argument out of me you won't succeed I'm afraid, you are not enough of an intellectual challenge to me.


Bit of a showoff are'nt you?



You sure do write like Oracle, did you know that? :roll: :wink:
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