The Maelstrom of Violence

[Kinser79]

(09-05-2017, 10:06 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(09-05-2017, 08:37 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: An attack on someone's unpopular speech today is an attack on everyone's speech, popular or unpopular, tomorrow. 

One could reword that.  "An attack on someone's hurtful speech today is an attack on everyone's hurtful speech tomorrow."

If one doesn't consider any speech to be hurtful, the conclusion is rather obvious.  If one does, you get to a different place.

If one is the pope, and can write a papal bull settling the hurtful question, one can create a world where the question is obvious and answered.

The question seems to be who is the pope.

Words are not violence, Bob.  And no amount of sophistry will change that fact.