Re: Folau : Mon Nov 18, 2019 2:52 pm
Fishermanscap wrote:
That is the worst comment yet, you're getting hysterical as is the way with the easily outraged.
The best defence I ever heard for TRUE freedom of speech was this.
On seeing a red poppy being burned by some extremist, perhaps even the sort you like, when asked why he the seller wasn't outraged he answered thus...
'I fought for two years in the deserts of North Africa so they can live in a country where they are free to do that, it hurts me but real freedom always comes with a little pain'.
So if I were you I'd drop the 'grandad' nonsense.
The best defence I ever heard for TRUE freedom of speech was this.
On seeing a red poppy being burned by some extremist, perhaps even the sort you like, when asked why he the seller wasn't outraged he answered thus...
'I fought for two years in the deserts of North Africa so they can live in a country where they are free to do that, it hurts me but real freedom always comes with a little pain'.
So if I were you I'd drop the 'grandad' nonsense.
What it comes down to is I and many others see this as hate speech and therefore see the wider implications of this (not just one person with an ‘opinion’) and you don’t.
So, say a similar comment were made in relation to black people and Grenfell, would that still be free speech?
By the way, answer yes and you’re a dck, answer no and you’re the same but a hypocritical one.