草蜢 发表于 2012-9-13 11:05
In the United States, hate speech is protected as a civil right (aside from usual exceptions to free ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 06:41
note the exception: aside from usual exceptions to free speech, such as defamation, incitement to ...
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-13 17:16
This case is not an incitement to riot,such claim would be thrown out of court straight away.
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 06:41
note the exception: aside from usual exceptions to free speech, such as defamation, incitement to ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 07:19
so your "incitement to riot" is within US only? otherwise I can't see how things in Libya and othe ...
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-13 17:23
Put it simply, the video is question was made in poor taste but the maker of the video can't be pr ...
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-13 17:33
Here is legal definition under US law:
Under federal law, a riot is a public disturbance involvin ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 07:19
so your "incitement to riot" is within US only? otherwise I can't see how things in Libya and othe ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 06:41
note the exception: aside from usual exceptions to free speech, such as defamation, incitement to ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 07:35
Doesn't "incitement to riot" mean part A incites party B to riot? Now it your "incitement to riot" ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 07:38
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19591039
Police must be just paying a social visit. Or ...
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-13 17:42
In fact, after watching the clip, I think it would be hard to even win a case of defamation agains ...
晨枫 发表于 2012-9-14 10:28
Well, that has nothing to do with me. And I expect to see more violence against US because of simi ...
我们看到,美国很少有人烧国旗,可是一旦有人把怒火发在国旗头上,他们挑战的实际是政府的权威和社会的主流舆论。当这样的权威和主流受到挑战,一个保障自由的成熟的民主社会,就应该拥有一整套程序性非常明确的,非常讲究细节设定的,全体民众认可的,可操作的制度来保证一个非主流观念的提出,讨论和验证。在这样的过程中,社会以最大的可能,进入理性思考,得出他们一个又一个阶段的,不断的思辨和结论。可能是有反复的,可能在某个阶段得不出正确结论的,可是,他们每往前走一步,都是扎实的,社会就这样慢慢进步,逻辑性很强。在这儿,真正要紧的是:这样的问题应该由谁来决定,按照什么样的程序来决定。相比之下,结论反而是无足轻重的了。
毫无疑问,民主社会的定义就是一个多数人制定规则的社会,但是,假如它的目标是自由,就不会随意扼杀非主流观念。一个非主流观念很有可能最后并没有被多数人所接受,但是经过这样的"过程",它就是输了,也输得服气。
其实,美国国旗"让烧"了以后,就更没什么人去烧国旗了。就象大家说的,一个连国旗都"让烧"的国家,你还烧它干吗呢?
大卫·鲍不无沉重地说,“生活在民主制度下是困难的”。因为,正是生活在民主制度下,才必须面对“言论自由”和“免于恐惧的自由”之间的两难困境。对言论自由的尊重,是维护民主制度和自由社会的最重要一环,因此,是一件必须非常谨慎对待的事情。假如轻易禁止一种看来异端的思想表达,那么,思想自由就岌岌可危。要禁止一种言论和表达,必须有极为充分的理由。例如,必须确认它引起恐惧,而且其严重程度远远压倒了容许它表达的合理性。所以,同一种表达,在不同的时间、地点和群体,在作“言论自由”和“免于恐惧的自由”的平衡的时候,得出的结论是不同的。
一个明显的不被美国人所认同的SB,拍了一部根本没人看的小电影,造成了巨大的伤害,这样的后果,难道还能说必须坚持价值观吗?
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-14 12:41
Empire is fundamentally not compatible with domestic civil liberty. I will take civil liberty over ...
Dracula 发表于 2012-9-14 17:21
南方认为Uncle Tome's Cabin是侮辱性的言论。New Orleans Crescent的评论是There never before was anyth ...
草蜢 发表于 2012-9-14 12:41
Empire is fundamentally not compatible with domestic civil liberty. I will take civil liberty over ...
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