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Re: This beats all I ever heard about
Posted By: Howard, on host 68.223.80.135
Date: Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at 16:30:04
In Reply To: Re: This beats all I ever heard about posted by Stephen on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at 12:04:01:

Speaking of cliches, I suppose that old thing about how free speech doesn't give you the right to yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre, applies here. You can't preach the violent overthrow of the government, either. Why would teaching murder be acceptable?

I guess I was thinking of something more than censorship. Right or wrong, we ban a lot of stuff than is not as bad as that.

I wonder what would happen if someone marketed a game about assassinating the president?
Howard

> > There was more about games where you kill black people and another one where you kill anybody who isn't white. I think this stuff is a bit beyond freedom of expression.
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> I agree that those games sound reprehensible, but isn't it an old cliche that it is only the reprehensible expression that needs protection? We hardly need a guaranteed freedom of speech in order to ensure that we can express popular, widely accepted ideas.
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> Just because something is disturbing doesn't mean it should be censored.
>
> Stephen

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