Posted: Jul 05, 2011 2:24 am
I disagree. I'm not convinced that having governments prohibit the expression of ideas they consider inappropriate is going to benefit societies in the long term. If were are to choose certain ideas to prohibit though, it would seem to me reasonable to start with the claim that people who don't believe in gods, or who believe in the 'wrong' gods, deserve to spend eternity being burnt alive while being eaten by maggots. If we're not willing to prohibit this, I can't see how we could justify prohibiting much else.Someone wrote:The Earth has more to lose through too much free speech than through too little unless people get better at forgiveness and the prevention of human error.