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Comment Re:If you read the article.... (Score 3, Insightful) 507

Call it a "war on terror" if you like, I'll continue to consider it a "war on freedom".

Which is correct. One thing we have to understand is that with freedom of speech there comes a price.

In order to allow all points of view to be heard we have to accept that terrorists, peodophiles, facists and all the things we despise in society will also use these rights to further their own ends.

In the end if we try to limit the free speech of the most despicable people in society, we actually give government a method to limit everybody's free speech.

It is sad but true. To have our rights we have to accept the downside ...

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