09-07-2017, 09:08 AM
(09-07-2017, 07:09 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(09-06-2017, 06:34 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(09-06-2017, 02:03 PM)David Horn Wrote: If so, then why are so many other nations able to have broad freedoms and restrictive gun laws. I mentioned Australia in my last post, but it's only one example of many. How about Canada?
Australia has had restrictive gun laws for only a fraction of a generational cycle. Recheck them after the crisis war, and things will have changed.
Canada does not have free speech, despite positive influence from the US.
Canada has specific laws against promoting genocide or practicing hate speech. Thus, depending on how you define 'free speech', you can reasonably say that Canada doesn't have free speech. It makes one wonder, however, if the guy saying there is a big deal difference in Canada is in favor of genocide or hate speech? Me, I'm in favor of neither. I'm in great sympathy with what Canada is doing.
Kinser would sing a different tune if the hate speech were "Bring back slavery" or "Kill all f@gs".
Quote:What does Canada forbid which one wants to see? What does that say of the 'free speech' advocate?
Australia? It is easy to anticipate that one's values will triumph. It doesn't always go as dreamed.
I'm guessing that one can see Nazi stuff in the appropriate context for education, historical accuracy, and the like.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.