So should we have laws stopping people from writing instructions on how to make and use weapons? And if so at what point does that become a violation of our rights?
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Freedom of Speech
Consider this scenario: Someone creates a website where he posts how to make a homemade bomb and encourages people to use those bombs. Two weeks later a completely different person with no relation whatsoever to the creator of the website blows up a building. He is arrested, but what about the person who made the website? Should he be held responsible for this bombing? Should he have not been allowed to post this, what about freedom of speech? Now consider this scenario: Someone writes a wilderness survival guide and includes directions to make a homemade knife. A criminal uses this guide to create a knife and then stabs someone with it. Is the creator of the guide responsible for the stabbing? Should he still be allowed to write survival guides?
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I believe that the person who wrote the guide/blog should not be held responsible unless he/she is outrightly saying "I want you to blow up this building" or "I want you to stab someone". I believe that unless it is a direct assualt on someone/something, it should be allowed.
ReplyDeleteOk, but what if someone, doesn't directly say "I want you to kill someone" but instead talks about the benefits of killing someone and describes it as a great thing and encourages people to do it, but still doesn't give direct instructions. Are they responsible?
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