The Act of Speech Deserve No Special Treatment

[Crono141]

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

Crono141 said:

Oh, and what you say has absolutely nothing to do with what you think. Those are two separate things.

No, no they are very much one in the same, because in a free society, I'm going to say what I think.  In your society, I'll think twice before expressing my honest opinion, for fear of retribution from the thought police.

Watch those videos from the previous page, if you haven't already.

Thoughts can't harm anyone but yourself. Speech can harm anyone if expressed inappropriately.

You won't ever need to think twice unless you plan to actually harm someone, and no one should ever harm anyone. Your laws though justifies harming others mentally, even if it is on purpose. That I cannot understand.

It's not about preventing people from expressing their opinions (like a thought police would), it's about using your opinion as a weapon against minorities, for instance. You can have any opinion as long as you don't use it to intentionally harm others.

The court may decide whether it was intentional or not by being as fair as it possibly can be.

Speech can't hurt anyone either.  Have you heard the rhyme "Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me."  Its true.  Words you hear only have the power to hurt you if you give them that power.  I should not be held responsible for someone elses perception of what I say.  It is not my problem if my speech offends you, its yours.

Again, there is no inalenable right to be free of offense.  What you are proposing is limiting and removing someone elses freedom so that you don't risk being offended.  There are countries with laws like this.  I believe Saudi Arabia and Iran are two, as is North Korea.

If you don't understand how terrible and horrible limiting people's speech is, even on a basic level, then there'll be no convincing you.