To Honour the Dissidents- Sargon of Akkad on why free speech matters

[Sarsath]

 

[Nithavela]

Many people on this forum see it as rude and unproductive to start a thread by posting a link to some youtube video without any commentary or context. They ignore such threads as a matter of principle.

If we wanted to watch youtube videos and argue about them, we would be on youtube.

 

[Chesterton]

Many people on this forum see it as rude and unproductive to start a thread by posting a link to some youtube video without any commentary or context. They ignore such threads as a matter of principle.

If we wanted to watch youtube videos and argue about them, we would be on youtube.

Many people think it's fine. What's your beef? Look at the title, hear the intro, if you don't like it move on. Over the years I've discovered interesting stuff occasionally by people who just want to share ideas even if not their own. Sharing is what the internet's about.

 

[Nithavela]

Many people think it's fine. What's your beef?

Just wanted to explain to the new guy why nobody would debate in this thread and about the video.

 

[Kevin McCabe]

It's fine. There is nothing wrong with sharing a link or YouTube video. We don't have to comment on absolutely anything.

 

[ThievingMagpie]

Oh it's the guy that said "I wouldn’t even rape you" to a female MP and then followed up with "With enough pressure, I might cave.”

Free speech is important, it's just a shame you've just got to wade through this sort of gutter filth to find anything worth listening to.

 

[Kevin McCabe]

Oh it's the guy that said "I wouldn’t even rape you" to a female MP and then followed up with "With enough pressure, I might cave.”

Free speech is important, it's just a shame you've just got to wade through this sort of gutter filth to find anything worth listening to.

Is this guy a rapist?

 

[ThievingMagpie]

Is this guy a rapist?

Not that I'm aware of, just odious and not particularly good at winning elections

 

[Kevin McCabe]

Not that I'm aware of, just odious and not particularly good at winning elections

Couldn't agree more. Hitler won an election and never tweeted a rape joke.