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Comment he should be honored (Score 4, Insightful) 359

He should get a medal for bravery and be honored for doing the right thing, no matter the cost. I hate to do this, but remember history. There were thousands of folks who went around killing innocent people and invading countries, starting world war, because they refused to do the right thing no matter the cost to themselves.

Comment Re:censorship is censorship in any form. (Score 1) 493

There is a big difference between "I want you dead" and "I'm going to do something to cause that death". The first is perfectly LEGAL. The second is a threat of violence. You are right in the libel/slander area, but it remains that it is perfectly legal and acceptable to go to a perfect stranger and tell them that you think they stink (although it might not be the wisest course of action, and you might be an @$$hole for doing it...). That libel/slander set of laws also needs to be tempered by what a "reasonable person" would believe is a factual statement. Nobody is going to arrest me and take me to jail for saying "everyone who chooses not read slashdot is uninformed and intolerable", because it is not reasonable or likely to be believed by a reasonable person. One of the most important rights we have is the right to say things that are patently offensive to others. That right needs to be defended. Including saying "Jimmy is a big fat doo doo head".

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