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Originally posted by muzzleflash
Westboro has done nothing wrong. Not a single crime.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
I said 10 times in this thread the only freedom of speech you don't have is to get people killed.
Originally posted by Mr_skepticc
Like it or not, this is the price we pay for freedom. As bad as they are, I would not want their rights taken away.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Not more of this ''freedom'' nonsense that so many Americans claim to support ( although, they only really support the ''personal freedoms'' that they agree with. )
People, according to these arguments, should have the ''freedom'' to possess child pornography. So why is possession of this material a crime ?
If you support ''freedom'', then you must support somebody's ''right'' to own child pornography.
Originally posted by Boreas
That's a terrible analogy. That's like saying if you support the right to bear arms then you must support the right for every American to also own biological weapons. The world's not so black and white.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by Boreas
That's a terrible analogy. That's like saying if you support the right to bear arms then you must support the right for every American to also own biological weapons. The world's not so black and white.
Possessing child pornography does not harm anybody.
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
That soldier fought for the rights of the Westboro church to protest freely, there is a difference in exercising your right and exercising poor judgment. I don't think gays should be allowed in the military. I agree with the church but they shouldn't have protested at the funeral.
Originally posted by Sherlock Holmes
Originally posted by Boreas
That's a terrible analogy. That's like saying if you support the right to bear arms then you must support the right for every American to also own biological weapons. The world's not so black and white.
It's an absolutely correct analogy, and you know it.
I am highlighting the hypocrisy in those who claim to support ''freedom'', despite what that freedom may entail, yet will practically burst a blood vessel at someone possessing anything that they personally deem to be ''indecent''.
Possessing child pornography does not harm anybody. You could argue that paying for it helps to financially support a crime, but, as far as I know, the US law doesn't make any exception for those who have not payed for the images/videos.
The ''crime'' is based entirely on ''moral indignation'', and goes against any genuine form of ''personal freedom''.
Also, please show me the passage of the US Constitution that would invalidate somebody from making and owning biological weapons ?
Au contraire, I would say; the US Constitution would make this possibility perfectly acceptable.