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The bomb threat is already a crime. Properly prosecute it.

Are you trying to say that some opinion posted online that may or may not have been consumed by the offender in this case is somehow directly responsible?

My question to those who support big brother any lawful but awful speech is - do you really think it won’t be used to silence any dissent of the ruling powers?



>> My question to those who support big brother any lawful but awful speech is - do you really think it won’t be used to silence any dissent of the ruling powers?

My question to those that use this line of reasoning is do you really think a ruling power willing to silence dissent would do so whether or not it is supported?


A salient point no doubt. There is ample evidence that some are silenced by a range of methods. I’m simply not going to support codifying that sort of thing in law.

I would argue if we have people in positions of power who would make decisions like that then it is our duty to our progeny to relieve those in question.




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