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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
Isn't that an oxy moron. As long as there are limits on what I can say, how I can say it, and to whom I can say it to, free speech does not exist.
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so if you're getting basic cable (limited cable), are you not getting cable at all?
I realize it's a complicated ideological question and I've spent too much time arguing it anyway, but it all comes down to this: do you want to see bigots spreading their filthy hate speech?
We can already have white pride marches and talk about the "wickedness" and "horrendous atrocities" of gay culture under the current laws. What good could possibly come from altering the Albertan law as it is, which only goes against publication of material which "is likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt"?
it's an ideological stance and not remotely a practical one to go for 'FREE SPEECH'. It's a nice dream, but the reality is that unlimited free speech can get really, really ugly. We don't live in a pleasant world, as fortunate as we are to be living in a relatively nice corner of it. It's the same problem all other ideological stances suffer from- they're principles, not pragmatic policies. That's why the NDP as they currently are will never govern Canada and if they do god help us all.