Thread: Freedom of Speech

Originally Posted by majurey

-- you can spout racist poison at a demonstration in London, for example, but you'll get arrested for it. That kind of compromises the value of 'freedom' as jockeys describes, to me anyway.

You can spout racist poison at a demonstration in American, for example, but the cops aren't allowed to arrest you for it, because it's not illegal.

So, pretty free here. True freedom of speech, the freedom to be a dick, and liberty in general is pretty important to us bloody colonials.