The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada

Re:The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada by tensor on Sunday April 28, 2013 @05:19PM (#5622815)

You are evading the point by focusing on arbitrary details. There is a limit to the destructive power of weapons that a citizen can own in the US. It may vary by state and weapon type, but there are definitely limits.

The same is true of free speech. You do actually have limits, though choose not to recognize them. For example, you cannot make various types of death threats. You can be sued for libel. You cannot speak copyrighted works. It may be ok to say that atheists or gay people should die, but try saying that about some of your authority figures and see what happens.

So many people have these very strong notions of black and white when it comes to these sorts of political issues. In reality, none of these issues are black and white.

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Re:The Slow and Painful Death of Freedom in Canada by hga on Sunday April 28, 2013 @05:29PM (#5622854)

"You are evading the point...."

Errr, I'm not upstream of you on this sub-debate, I just wanted to point out you had some of your facts wrong.

And as it turns out, in a way that supports your point. We do draw lines, and "undirected" weapons from grenades to "mini-nukes" is one of them.

Although I'd note that most gun control is prior restraint, something that is considered to be illegitimate with speech in the US.

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