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  • Originally posted by regexcellent View Post
    You are a massive dumbass. Posibly the worst part is how you tend to attempt to bolster your arguments by calling yourself a British conservative and ascribing your leftism to the differences in politics across the Atlantic. I have met British conservatives and you are not one of them. You are simply unintelligent.
    "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

    Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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    • I'm not actually sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with regexcellent. Leaning on agree.

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      If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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      • Originally posted by kentonio View Post
        many prominent Republicans would have been charged with hate crimes for the nasty hate mongering crap they spout about muslims.
        If this is true, Britain has a very tenuous relationship with free speech.

        Regarding the NHS funding, remember the Royal Navy? I seem to recall it used to be a thing. Does it still exist?
        If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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        • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
          If this is true, Britain has a very tenuous relationship with free speech.
          We don't allow people to incite hatred towards minorities. Most of us are pretty happy with that.

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          • Originally posted by kentonio View Post
            We don't allow people to incite hatred towards minorities. Most of us are pretty happy with that.
            Operative word

            ♩ Proud to be an American... ♩
            If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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            • Hint: If you don't protect unpopular speech, you aren't protecting speech at all.
              If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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              • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                Operative word
                Anyone who claims that all citizens of a country agree about something is an idiot.

                Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                ♩ Proud to be an American... ♩
                That's a coincidence, I'm proud to be British. The idea of it being enshrined in law that people can picket funerals brandishing hate signs sickens me.

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                • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                  Hint: If you don't protect unpopular speech, you aren't protecting speech at all.
                  Hint: Real life isn't black and white.

                  Second hint: You don't have unlimited free speech either.

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                  • Originally posted by kentonio View Post
                    That's a coincidence, I'm proud to be British. The idea of it being enshrined in law that people can picket funerals brandishing hate signs sickens me.
                    I find it relieving, knowing that I'll never be locked up for an opinion that other people find absurd (such as opposing abortion, thinking that we shouldn't have socialized medicine or believing that god doesn't exist )
                    If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                    • Originally posted by kentonio View Post
                      Hint: Real life isn't black and white.

                      Second hint: You don't have unlimited free speech either.
                      The US has the most expansive free speech protection on Earth, and that's a fact. The only serious restriction on political dialogue we do have is campaign finance reform

                      And if you honestly think that government can be trusted to distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable political expression, you should probably retake history.
                      If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                      • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                        I find it relieving, knowing that I'll never be locked up for an opinion that other people find absurd (such as opposing abortion, thinking that we shouldn't have socialized medicine or believing that god doesn't exist )
                        That's funny considering you wouldn't be locked up for expressing any of those opinions here either.

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                        • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                          The US has the most expansive free speech protection on Earth, and that's a fact.
                          Yes, it's rather obnoxious.

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                          • Originally posted by kentonio View Post
                            That's funny considering you wouldn't be locked up for expressing any of those opinions here either.
                            Given the way opposing gay marriage is "homophobic and bigoted", something that is still a majority opinion in many quarters if not most, it sure seems right over the horizon in Euroland.
                            If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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                            • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                              Given the way opposing gay marriage is "homophobic and bigoted", it sure seems right over the horizon in Euroland.
                              People are perfectly welcome to argue against gay marriage here if they chose, equally we have the freedom to call those people homophobic bigots when they do. What they don't have a right to do however is incite hatred towards homosexuals. As a rule, that seems perfectly ok to me.

                              *EDIT - Posted before your edit.

                              Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                              something that is still a majority opinion in many quarters if not most
                              The most recent polls show 71% of British people are in favour of gay marriage. US polls show more approve than disapprove. Where were you talking about a majority?

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                              • Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
                                I'm not actually sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with regexcellent. Leaning on agree.
                                Yes.
                                "You're the biggest user of hindsight that I've ever known. Your favorite team, in any sport, is the one that just won. If you were a woman, you'd likely be a slut." - Slowwhand, to Imran

                                Eschewing silly games since December 4, 2005

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