tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post2795516573032945646..comments2024-03-28T11:36:22.391-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: Freedom of SpeechStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-14154897023809997232010-08-29T06:15:00.880-04:002010-08-29T06:15:00.880-04:00I think the USA is a tyrannical country because it...I think the USA is a tyrannical country because it regulates speech like swearing and nudity on television, as well as a thousand other things like the Food and Drug Administration. However, I think it's good that the USA provides a refuge for people like Ayaan Hirsi Ali who are unable to practice freedom of speech in the Netherlands.<br /><br />I think Canada is a tyrannical country because the government decides what constitutes hatred and racism, regulates it accordingly, and threatens to incarcerate those it believes guilty of hate.<br /><br />I think Argentina is a tyrannical country because the government recently stole the monopoly company that owns all the ink in the country used by the newspapers.<br /><br />Can't we do better than this?ArticlesThatRockhttp://articlesthatrock.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-45367789710663851502010-08-24T21:26:32.554-04:002010-08-24T21:26:32.554-04:00"But we draw the line at promoting hatred and..."But we draw the line at promoting hatred and racism, things that I guess are OK in American media."<br /><br />And a very sad and dangerous state of affairs it is, Stephen.Jim Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12683223394880936587noreply@blogger.com