tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post8147601707020782009..comments2023-11-16T23:38:20.982-08:00Comments on Advertorials: Has Freedom of Speech Gone Too Far in the U.S.?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17698761561314720637noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post-12263555698540387522012-09-23T21:46:55.536-07:002012-09-23T21:46:55.536-07:00How prophetic your comments were, in light of the ...How prophetic your comments were, in light of the anti-Islamic movie and the horrible acts it has sparked. As a Christian and an American, I am shocked by the violence against our embassies and citizens. Yet, I am also dismayed that we have allowed freedom of speech to extend to what amounts as hate crimes. We need to clean our act up. And, Noah, of course it's subjective. But we aren't allowed to call people of color Niggers on TV and we're not allowed to walk around with Nazi flags shouting anti-semitic statements. So why are do we allow the making of such a hate filled movie? Why have we allowed pornography to grow to become such a huge industry? (The maker of the film "Innocence of Muslims" is a soft core porn producer - that is not shocking)<br />Children were "privileged" to go the Colosseum? That's like saying cracker kids from Alabama were privileged when their parents took them to see lynchings. Some truths aren't relative. Some are absolute. Killing is absolute. And those acts which lead to such violence need to be held in check. The framers of our Constitution didn't want freedom of speech so that porn and hate films could be made. They would have banned such filth as it does nothing to lift us up, to make us a better society. That is what the framers wanted for all of us. Contemplative, Sue? I think not. Too many Americans are hiding behind the freedom of speech to profit, to remain lazy, to live a selfish life. Immanuel Kant wrote that: "For a will to be considered "free", we must understand it as capable of affecting causal power without being caused to do so. But the idea of lawless free will, that is, a will acting without any causal structure, is incomprehensible. Therefore, a free will must be acting under laws that it gives to itself." - wiki <br />So, as Dan Perez said, let the law prevail. But let's tighten them up, because the natives can no longer control themselves. Thanks for listening.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16331495394835947747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post-90216845535845741752011-11-02T21:08:14.556-07:002011-11-02T21:08:14.556-07:00Great commentary Noah. I'm happy this blog enc...Great commentary Noah. I'm happy this blog encouraged you to think and to share your thoughts. It's nice to know that I'm not the only contemplative thinker out there!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698761561314720637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post-15853490851822771832011-11-02T15:25:30.088-07:002011-11-02T15:25:30.088-07:00In ancient Rome, children were privileged to go to...In ancient Rome, children were privileged to go to the Colosseum and watch some of the most tantalizing violence we've ever known - as a sport. That given, they produced some of the greatest thinkers of all time. <br /><br />Through modern psychology, we know that ads have influence, but so does everything else. If one mother tells her 10 year old he can only watch PG movies, and another tells her 10 year old he has no restriction, which one is right? These decisions will probably have an impact on these children, so should an outside party step in?<br /><br />Truth is relative when discussing such topics. People are influenced in different ways, so the "truth" is not "self-evident."<br /><br />The beautiful thing about our Constitution is that it allows for truths to be relative that aren't self-evident. This is the freedom of the states - granted through the 10th amendment.<br /><br />People draw their own lines on these subjects. That's freedom.Noah Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892120688097126623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post-26025934735548685212011-10-30T17:41:20.816-07:002011-10-30T17:41:20.816-07:00Yes, agreed Dan. Thanks for commenting!Yes, agreed Dan. Thanks for commenting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698761561314720637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2566136658890578869.post-58133475016340181262011-10-30T14:27:19.466-07:002011-10-30T14:27:19.466-07:00It's America and it's far from perfect. Th...It's America and it's far from perfect. There are no Edens in this world. Let the laws decide how far is too far, yes?Dan Perezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03783023249311976991noreply@blogger.com