Damn I’m confused.
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006 @ 2:07 pm | Life-logger
I just thought it's funny how when what we say goes out as offensive and invites violent lashbacks, we go about screaming, 'Damn you, you just violated my freedom to speak!'
And then when someone says something or does something that's offensive to us, we go about screaming, 'Damn you, you just misused your freedom to speak!'
Eh, so which is it now? I'm a bit confused.
February 22nd, 2006 at 2:25 pm
Two/three/four wrongs don’t make a right.
The point has been made. Can we please bloody well move on with life and concentrate on other issues? =.=
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Cannot cannot..they will never move on until every drop of juice is squeezed out from the issue =P
February 22nd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
freedom of speech is there to stay. As long as you can justified on what you’re saying, you need not to be afraid. Those that aren’t happy with what we say can jolly well go for a court case.
February 22nd, 2006 at 4:19 pm
Which is right or wrong doesn’t matter really.
Being to prove you’re right doesn’t always solve a problem. We live with billions of other people in this planet and sometime others could see things differently. So we why don’t we just make peace with each other and try to co-exist in peace and harmony?
February 22nd, 2006 at 6:53 pm
There is no freedom of anything in a country where politics is bound with religion.
February 22nd, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Yeah..I agree, freedom of speech is always tricky…
More likely than not, freedom of speech is an ideal (who would be like Rousseau who defended the right of the anotherr to speak something he detested?)…I think, in the end, freedom of speech needs to be managed and tempered with the ethics and limits of that right and freedom in mind.
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:09 am
We all live in a world of problem. Ain’t life’s a piss.
February 23rd, 2006 at 1:44 am
i like u…maybe sound like crazy…..like to be ur friend…hehehe
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:15 pm
Does your country actually promise freedom of speech?
I know in Australia there isn’t anything constitutional which guarantees it. It’s just assumed we have it (though we don’t have a guarantee of it).
Anyway, back to the issue at hand. Just because someone disagrees with you, or says something offensive to you, doesn’t mean they’ve misused their freedom of speech (unless they have done something particularly illegal, like Slander, liable etc etc).
If they have said something illegal, you can chose to ignore it, or chose to sue them.
BUT, like the story goes,
A man who once heard about how at peace Buddha was, decidd to test him. So, he went and found Buddha and started to abuse him.
Buddha didn’t react. The man eventually got tired of abusing Buddha and asked him, ‘Why haven’t you reacted to all the abuse I’ve heaped on you?’
Buddha replied, ‘If a man offers another mane a gift, and they refuse it, who does the gift belong to?’
The man replied, ‘It still belongs to the giver.’
‘And that is why’, said Buddha. ‘I have refused to accept your abuse.’
So, if someone offends you, don’t accept it.