Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:35:10AM -0600, Jeff Bone wrote:
Should there be? Should there be consequences for speaking in a
derogative manner about other forms of mental illness?
Worse: a highly contagious mental illness, causing sufferers
to commit irrational acts, attempt to infect all and sundry
in a highly obnoxious manner, restrict what can be thought
and done by others, commit the occasional persecution and mass
murder of other such sufferers, and also innocent bystanders
who happen to be immune. And a few other things I forgot.
Just because the condition is currently incurable, it
doesn't mean it's socially accepted.
I'm with ya'.
In India, of course, "free speech" carries terms and conditions. A cartoon like
that could land one in jail.
Read: http://eastwords.blogspot.com/2006/02/publish-and-be-damned_06.html
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