Free speech. An easy way for me to tell is replace the topic with the word "murder"
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 21/12/2010 02:33:17 PM
Murder, despite being debateably worse than anything else (yes, rape, yes, pedophilia, yes, torture- All these things, while horiffic, can see the victim recover.), seems to often lack the hysterical response that a pedophile/rapist/Scientologist seems to create.
So. There are movies (Saw, any slasher movie, any movie about a serial killer) about how to kill people. Hell, Dexter (a fine, fine show) is practically a how-to on the subject.
There are books. There are essays (I assume). Some deal with just the physical deed, some deal with the psychological aspect, some are police procedurals figuring out how it was done, some have criminal protagonists SHOWING us how it is done.
So, yeah. All of that is protected under free speech. The closest censorship comes into play is that sometimes we just see a spray of blood instead of an actual cut, and if someone makes a bomb maybe we don't learn all the ingredients.
So, as awful as the book is, yes. It's protected.
So. There are movies (Saw, any slasher movie, any movie about a serial killer) about how to kill people. Hell, Dexter (a fine, fine show) is practically a how-to on the subject.
There are books. There are essays (I assume). Some deal with just the physical deed, some deal with the psychological aspect, some are police procedurals figuring out how it was done, some have criminal protagonists SHOWING us how it is done.
So, yeah. All of that is protected under free speech. The closest censorship comes into play is that sometimes we just see a spray of blood instead of an actual cut, and if someone makes a bomb maybe we don't learn all the ingredients.
So, as awful as the book is, yes. It's protected.
I amuse myself.
This message last edited by beetnemesis on 21/12/2010 at 02:33:45 PM
This should make for an interesting debate
- 21/12/2010 02:19:39 PM
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Free speech. An easy way for me to tell is replace the topic with the word "murder"
- 21/12/2010 02:33:17 PM
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I don't know. Isn't it illegal to write a how to for making a bomb?
- 21/12/2010 02:51:34 PM
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Incitement to racial hatred isn't illegal in the US, I believe...
- 21/12/2010 04:02:58 PM
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I think they are on slippery slope but a fairly firm part up near the top
- 21/12/2010 03:46:58 PM
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What about a textbook, detailing how to make explosives?
- 21/12/2010 04:13:02 PM
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do you want him to be able to pick up a book givining him detailed instructions on how to kill you
- 21/12/2010 05:31:09 PM
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First Amendment free speech protections were written to provide just that.
- 22/12/2010 06:56:28 AM
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As is the case so often of late, impossible to tell as there isn't enough information.
- 21/12/2010 06:33:29 PM
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The guy is gross and disgusting of course, but what is in the book?
- 22/12/2010 01:21:13 AM
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