Posted: Nov 09, 2010 3:19 pm
I don't think it's beneficial, I think it's only tolerated because of the extreme difficulty in determining an objective way to differentiate between acceptable speech and inacceptable speech.
Lifeboat for the rational mind :D
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/
http://www.rationalskepticism.org/viewtopic.php?p=567068#p567068