Re:France announces crackdown on people reading extremist We...
by Gmo on Thursday March 22, 2012 @11:22AM
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The French (and I'd say Europe in general) have a very different view on what "free speech" entails compared to the USA.
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Re:France announces crackdown on people reading extremist We...
by rsheridan6 on Thursday March 22, 2012 @01:06PM
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Either you're allowed to say things or you aren't. There's no room for relativism here.
Re:France announces crackdown on people reading extremist We...
by alextgordon on Thursday March 22, 2012 @02:16PM
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There is no country which allows completely unrestricted speech. In America, the common example is "shouting fire in a crowded theatre".
All countries define a subset of speech to be harmful in certain contexts. Some countries are more or less restrictive in defining that subset, but there is absolutely a continuum.