Interesting, I guess here is where we disagree. To me, an opinion can be more or less valid depending on how much careful, logical thought went into developing that opinion, and how much relevant education and experience the person has. True, there are people out there who don't think and don't know anything, and they can have opinions, but to me those opinions are more likely to be flawed compared to those of someone who knows a lot and thinks carefully.

I find it interesting that you say morals are subjective to begin with, when there are lots of people who believe in absolute, objective morals, on religious or philosophical grounds. Of course, you don't have to agree with them, but isn't your statement that morals are subjective actually a subjective opinion in and of itself?

> Why would someone need to justify anything that they do when morals are subjective to begin with?

So you honestly believe that everyone should just do whatever, and not even try to justify or explain why their actions are the right thing to do, just because someone out there might have a difference of opinion?

Can you prove this?

> Take the claim that the meaning of "freedom of speech" having a clear and univocal meaning with no >room for interpretation. Does that mean that we are free to slander someone, to shout 'fire' in a crowded >movie theater when there is no evidence of such, to use words judged as obscene by one's local >community, to use "fighting words" when speaking to others?

> According to that wording, yes.

You honestly believe that the founding fathers intended freedom of speech to include speech that maliciously destroys people's reputations (slander), or is directly intended to cause a stampede leading to deaths? (shouting fire in a crowded theatre). What makes you think the founding fathers were murderous psychopaths? Personally I have more faith in them than that, and I assume that they intended common sense to be implied as part of freedom of speech, rather than a machinelike literalist interpretation.

Inferior to what?

Dearth, i don't think that word means what you think it does.

Now those are some bizarre morals. About equivalent to paying a large fee for forgetting to feed the meter.

And this is exactly why Apple shut down the clone manufacturers, they just can't stand the thought of another Apple cart "stealing" their business.