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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by nileshtrivedi on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:06AM (#11854585)
By banning shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre, you also prevent people from warning you when there IS fire. Now you've created perverse incentives. I suspect there might be a fire, but will not speak up until it is too late.

Bad speech can be countered by MORE speech. Ban on speech cannot.

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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by rm_-rf_slash on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:21AM (#11854686)
facepalm

Did you honestly believe I meant to say that people should not be warned about an actual fire?

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Re:Freedom of speech is in retreat by nileshtrivedi on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @10:25AM (#11854700)
No, you didn't mean it. I'm saying that there is a trade-off involved in banning any speech. suspect is the key word.
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