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Comment: Re:Welcome to Canada? (Score 1) 624

by JD-1027 (#37607108) Attached to: NY Senators Want To Make Free Speech A Privilege

There are already a whole slew of things that you're free to say, but reap the downside of (slander etc.).

I can't wrap my head around this "free speech with consequences" thing. It doesn't seem to logically make sense (1+1=2 unless 1 is really big).

So by this definition of "free speech with consequences", the Chinese have free speech. They can say whatever they want (no one is duct taping their mouths shut), but they have consequences for what they say against the government (prison/arrest/whatever). It is the exact same thing as me slandering someone in the US and getting whatever consequences for it. My speech was not free. The Chinese guys speech against the government was not free.

So if we say "free speech with consequences" == "free speech" (is that logically possible?), can someone give me a case in point where someone does not have free speech.

Let me ask this as well. If our definition of free speech is "free speech but with consequences", what do you call "free speech without consequences"? Would that be "No-really-I-mean-it-this-time free speech"?

Comment: Re:They really need to figure out what they're doi (Score 1) 1017

by JD-1027 (#36757214) Attached to: Women Arrested For Refusing TSA Search of Children

Thing is, in the case of children, they need to have actual medical staff like RNs and MDs on hand to handle children and teenagers. One RN per security checkpoint, one Doctor to every four or five checkpoints or per terminal or airport, depending on the size of the terminal or airport. But, that would probably be expensive in an era when we're short on doctors and nurses. I suppose that they don't have to be especially good doctors, but since they're inspecting the body, having someone trained in the body probably would be a good idea.

Seriously? This doesn't seem any bit crazy to you that we are at this point? Please don't help rationalize this any further.

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