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Re:Meta in Myanmar by garba_dlm on Saturday October 07, 2023 @04:47PM (#37805418)
stop mixing together actions meaning done (or doable) deeds, and statements such as speech

an extreme example would be to ban all fictional writing because of the actions some reader may possibly take due to reading a about some terrible awful action.

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Re:Meta in Myanmar by littlestymaar on Sunday October 08, 2023 @09:56PM (#37816154)
> stop mixing together actions meaning done (or doable) deeds, and statements such as speech

This is a completely arbitrary distinction.

In fact there are many crimes for which speech is enough to get jailed, like if you give instruction for a murder, “all” you did was speech. Racketing? Speech. Scam? Speech. Fiscal fraud? You just lied (=speech) to the IRS. Death threats? Speech. Harassment? Speech. Violation of Secret Defense? Speech.

Should all of the above be legal because speech is supposed to be special?

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