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Date Posted: 11:05:58 09/10/05 Sat
Author: Goktimus Prime
Subject: ..one month later...
In reply to: FawnDoo 's message, "That link" on 02:32:09 07/20/05 Wed

Eugh.. what an ugly web site.

And what freaking idiots that must frequent and maintain that hate site. That web site is in violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and should be shut down.

Although the Universal Declaration of Human Rights does guarantee freedom of speech and opinion (Article 19), it does also state that this freedom is under the condition that one respects the rights and freedom of others (Article 29.2) and that rights and freedoms - including the freedom of speech - cannot be used in an attempt to dimish the freedom and rights of other people (Article 29.3).

Discriminatory opinions such a racism, sexism, homophobia etc are in violation of Articles 19, 29.2 and 29.3 of the UDHR and as such web sites that promote such opinions ought to be shut down.

Some people (overwhelming Americans for some reason), seem to have this opinion that the right of free speech is unlimited, which is utter nonsense.

With great power comes great responsibility. Free speech is a great right which we all should enjoy, but with that right entails the responsibility to use it correctly. If this right is abused then it needs to be removed from the offender. It's a simple concept - if you abuse your rights, you will lose them! We lock criminals in prisons because they have abused their rights and removed rights/freedoms from others. Imprisonment is a removal of a person's freedom, but it is done so because that person has been found to have abused/violated his/her freedom. At least, that is idealistically how the law functions. :p

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