"I don't believe that speech has to support democracy in order to be permitted."
Neither do I. Yet, to ignore the costs to democracy by allowing its free use by those set to destroy it has been shown, historically, to be very foolish indeed.
"Yes? And? Electricity has also cost people their lives. And cars. Also dogs. And pointy objects."
..the point I was making, and that you seem to have missed here, is that speech ISN'T free; it has a cost. And hence, we are always balancing our right to share speech or information against other values, such as privacy or avoiding distress to innocent third parties.
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Date: 2009-10-27 03:20 pm (UTC)Neither do I. Yet, to ignore the costs to democracy by allowing its free use by those set to destroy it has been shown, historically, to be very foolish indeed.
"Yes? And? Electricity has also cost people their lives. And cars. Also dogs. And pointy objects."
..the point I was making, and that you seem to have missed here, is that speech ISN'T free; it has a cost. And hence, we are always balancing our right to share speech or information against other values, such as privacy or avoiding distress to innocent third parties.