From the totally asinine department: From blogs I have read today, in the name of ‘freedom of speech’, you cannot tell someone to shut up. Why is ‘shut up’ not covered under free speech? You should be free to say ‘hey, shut up’, and they are free to say ‘hey, no.’ … have we hit some sort of idiocracy realized?
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#1 by hype_ on November 27, 2007 - 12:53 am
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Well, technically “freedom of speech” means nothing must prevent you to speak.
But the rule “”freedom of speech” means nothing must prevent you to speak.” is a rule that “regulates” your freedom of speech.
If you speech is “regulated”, then its not free.
So i agree with you.
#2 by bsander on November 27, 2007 - 5:01 am
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I agree with you that everybody has the right to ask/tell someone else to shut up, however I believe the point is that people who pretend to value this freedom of speech are telling others to shut it. While it’s indeed “legal” for them to do so, it doesn’t do wonders for their credibility..
#3 by Chris Cunningham on November 27, 2007 - 6:31 am
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If we were adults, and actually linked to things we disagreed with rather than coyly referring to them, we’d have first linked to the post in question, and then actually read it properly:
This does not, in fact, tell people what they can and cannot do.
Of course I might have gotten the wrong blog post. But then, that’s what happens when people are forced to guess at who the hell one is referring to.
– Chris
#4 by admin on November 27, 2007 - 10:31 am
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Chris,
I appreciate your attention to detail, and your zest for citing sources will take you a long way on wikipedia
#5 by Name on November 28, 2007 - 1:49 am
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Reality is a GAME. A JOKE.
#6 by Ste on November 28, 2007 - 5:06 pm
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Hey, just shut up, OK?
