Seth Rosen

The American government CAN interfere with free speech, but only in retrospect. Free speech isn’t without a cost. You can be sued for forms of defamation and be penalized heavily.

Not all speech critical of others is actual hate speech (founded on rock-bottom hatred). For example, criticism of gays has a Biblical basis. The religious person may…[Read more]

Here is a good discussion from the BBC about social and artistic censorship.

note: Peter is the brother of Christopher Hitchens.

In a democratic open society, yes religion is a choice as an adult. You may be heavily influenced by family and friends but there is nothing stopping you from changing your religion, if you are willing to deal with the social costs. But that is the same for ALL sets of ideas. If you come from a family of communists and realize you are a hard core…[Read more]

Companies have censored content since the beginning of the US. Can you imagine The Gap doing nothing if an employee tapes a sign to the front door of a shop saying “The Gap is a bastard corporation”? Or if an employee went around telling all the female employees they had nice tits? I’m pretty sure the employee would be fired and you wouldn’t see…[Read more]

I think supressing any and all non-violent forms of expression is..well repressive and prefer if the government does not do that.

Now we have social media companies censoring posts and uploads……..but according to what rules? Very subjective.

They will start pulling down Hitchens’ videos before you know it. I am sure many Catholics are…[Read more]

I’m not concerned with hate speech in public. That’s legal in the U.S. (mostly) and not in Canada/Europe/NZ/Australia. Those countries have made their decisions and have to live with the consequences. Hate speech is widely reported in the U.S. and so are hate crimes. You can interrupt a funeral and tell grievers that he deserved to die “because…[Read more]

I believe that hate speech should be protected right up to the point of direct or implied violence as far as criminal law is concerned. For civil law….take your chances….

There is some interesting info on this site (which seems legit). How or where do you get to see a breakdown of the individual donations that each candidate gets. Similar to this from the NRA.

Is there any merit to thinking that Trump might become his own worst enemy when the campaign really gets going? Will there be such a thing as Trump fatigue,…[Read more]

I also like Hickenlooper, but that name. President Hickenlooper. OK we can do that, I guess. LOL.

Detailed Maps of the Donors Powering the 2020 Democratic Campaigns (as of July 2019, per New York Times)

Focus is mostly on Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Harris, Biden, and O’Rourke, with mentions of 15 others.

I’ve neglected to follow the debates, but am hoping/wishing that Dems can favor a moderate candidate that can more likely beat Trump.…[Read more]

Like so many many many times. A star trek episode sums up many philosophical ideas better than most philosophy books do

This line has stuck with me over the years.

“I have found that it is the small everyday deed of ordinary folks that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.” ~ Gandalf (J. R. R. Tolkein ~ The Hobbit)”

A sim…[Read more]

Unseen, I’m still curious what your answer is.

What do you all think?

Like so many many many times. A star trek episode sums up many philosophical ideas better than most philosophy books do. In an episode of DS9, in a future where Earth is a paradise and a strong Federation reigns, they are invaded by a dominion and humans become somewhat ugly in the war. Quark says:

Let me tell you something…

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Davis wrote:

pull their legs off one at a time

Well, if you really want them to suffer just pump a trillion tons of carbon dioxide into their atmosphere and they can “global warming” to death over a century or so.

Yeah, I was gonna say we are actually doing this to all the earth’s creatures now. Is the prime directive continuation of our spe…[Read more]

1. No

and

2. No

that not evolving is bad somehow

That’s not what I meant at all. I included that because for many people, they would be MORE likely to not eradicate some simple life forms if they were eventually to become conscious sentient beings capable of all the wonders and creative abilities and emotion and experiences that we have. The point wasn’t to…[Read more]