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I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2697194/Outrage-France-country-world-ban-pro-Palestine-demos.html
That gets us precisely nowhere, but the bitterness of it rings so true for me at the moment.
and there is a clear difference between free speech and preventing riots
not to mention a clear difference between free speech and murdering people
If an idea or ideology can't handle a bit of a piss-take, I'd say it's on pretty shaky ground to begin with. My "lifestyle choice"* is ridiculed all the time and with tacit public approval. I let it wash over me and don't give a fuck, as long as no-one's trying to hurt me for it, 's'no problem...
* Heterosexual white male, in case you were wondering
Everyone has the right, in the UK, to freely express themselves, but equally, society (common law) has the means to repsond to that in a way that reflects the common attitude to what you are expressing.
Your expression only gets restrained when it is inciting crime, or being indecent, both of which are decided by the rule of law, which in turn evolves from social behaviour and attitude (through statute, therefore parliament, and case law)
a good thing all round I think.
however, all this je suis Charlie stuff - well I for one am not Charlie, I'm Snap.