Originally Posted by Guest
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Oh, the First Amendment doesn't apply in public? That makes a lot of sense.
Protecting unpopular (ie obscene) speech is the whole purpose of the First Amendment, speech that doesn't offend doesn't need protecting.
The First Amendment is supposed to apply to any speech in anywhere, regardless of the current legal interpretation which changes so drastically and so often its a joke. Ever heard of Lenny Bruce?
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Unpopular=/=obscene. Obscene, as the SCOTUS has defined it, is something without any intrinsic value. Unpopular speech
is protected. Obscene speech is not.
Heck. Sometimes, even not obscene speech is not protected, the obvious example being clear and present danger (ie., shouting fire in a theater when there is no fire is not protected under the First Amendment).
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Originally Posted by vasu619
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^ Hey these are forums, discussions are inevitable.
Anyways I disagree with the IP ban of other countries primarily because I'd get banned D:. Call me selfish. Anyways, if they want to keep their primary channels of chat in english only, why not put some sort of english test at registration? :P I hope
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Waaaayy too easy to bypass.
See: Bright Kingdom. :3