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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by lmm on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @11:17AM (#10582014)
Fair enough, but in that case you're not really a supporter of free speech. If you believe in outlawing certain kinds of harmful speech, why not other kinds of harmful speech?
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Re:VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris ... by oblio on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @06:52PM (#10584893)
That's a false dichotomy. Freedom is not absolute, it's already limited through various laws.

Why should speech be absolutely free when I am not absolutely free?

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