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Originally Posted by Orruar
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The only way to have any kind of logical consistency when it comes to free speech is when it is coupled with property rights. The reason you can't go into a church and start screaming whatever you want is because the owner of the church doesn't permit it. If the owner of the church permits it, it is perfectly fine.
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I tend to agree, what you do on public property is free speech even if it's utterly reprehensible (eg Wesboro Baptists) but you can't use free speech as an excuse to invade my property.
The only modifier is if you're inciting hate in ANY venue that may lead to actions (eg inciting moslems to attack non-moslems due to perceived slights) then you're committing an incitement to violence, which is recognized in law at least in the US (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio) and Canada (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_Canada) - if we had these laws in some other countries and enforced them we'd see a lot of this crap disappear.
Regards,
Mg