[Mr. Retro]

Congress debates the legality of criticism after the pushing of several fans, including those of Twilight, have made multiple petitions to counter it. The concept of "Keep It To Yourself" was pushed by lawyer Paul Venkham, in Congress this week. If the law is passed, unlawful critizers would face $100 in fines. ~ The Ottawa Sun.

Discuss.

[Red]

Wait, what? How can you make 'unlawful' criticism? I mean, you can make stupid, baseless criticism but that usually doesn't affect anything. How the hell is this even constitutional, I mean, at all?

This post has been edited by Red: 05 August 2009 - 02:29 AM

[Movetron]

I wonder what the rednecks will be saying about "OMG SUCH A FREE COUNTRY. BEST PEOPLE ON THE EARTH. OMG. WE'RE SO GREAT. EUROPEANS ARE SHIT, BECAUSE WE MAKE UP UNTRUE STEREOTYPES ABOUT THEM!" after this. _{Only insulting rednecks, of course.} Hopefully we still have free speech in Europe.

Aww! How cute, though! First you couldn't hurt someones feelings about their religion, NOW you can't hurt someone little feelings about a stupid book that sucks hobo balls!

But I'll be staying on this planet until they make it illegal to state your opinion about ANYTHING.

This post has been edited by Movetron: 05 August 2009 - 02:32 AM

[Hey Zues]

Roighto.

This post has been edited by Hey Zues: 05 August 2009 - 02:32 AM

[Kvitne]

Hey Zues, on 04 August 2009 - 10:30 PM, said:

Roighto.

Heyo.

["That Other Guy"]

Have you heard how they're changing "congressmen" and "founding fathers" and the like (ie anything with "man") in history books to stuff less "sexist"? (Even though the founding fathers were ALL MEN.)

Ridiculous.

This post has been edited by "That Other Guy": 05 August 2009 - 02:34 AM

[Movetron]

"That Other Guy, on 04 August 2009 - 10:34 PM, said:

Have you heard how they're changing "congressmen" and "founding fathers" and the like (ie anything with "man") in history books to stuff less "sexist"? (Even though the founding fathers were ALL MEN.)

Ridiculous.

What the fuck? I'm female and I'm not even offended by that.

Stupid Feminazi's. I was alright with feminists, but changing something that isn't offensive!? Women, men, we're called mankind.

[Season-Shifter]

I'm moving to North Korea.

[???????]

I can be fined for stating my opinion if they succeed (which they won't) in circumventing the first amendment? I'll take my chances.

When it comes to text, the only time I understood the purpose of making it unlawful to say certain things is when it'd cause a panic, but I think that they should be way more lenient with that law when it comes to people saying things over the internet because a lot of the time, people aren't serious. I also feel that way about a lot of real-life situations where the person(s) being accused is/are clearly bullshitting.

All this other censorship caused by people getting their little feelings hurt is a bunch of bull, though.

[KennEH!]

As long as I can still slap women and make it all better with a "sorry" I'm cool.

[Master of AFTER]

There's no way this is gonna pass. Too many people would fight it tooth and nail, and it's a law that would be virtually impossible to enforce. It's just another example of some asshole congressman pitching an unfeasible law for a brief moment in the media spotlight before it gets shot down.

Movetron, on 04 August 2009 - 07:29 PM, said:

I wonder what the rednecks will be saying about "OMG SUCH A FREE COUNTRY. BEST PEOPLE ON THE EARTH. OMG. WE'RE SO GREAT. EUROPEANS ARE SHIT, BECAUSE WE MAKE UP UNTRUE STEREOTYPES ABOUT THEM!" after this. _{Only insulting rednecks, of course.} Hopefully we still have free speech in Europe.

Oh no, yeah, Europe is a lot better than the US when it comes to preserving people's rights. By the way, what's your feeling about that new system in England where welfare families that the government has deemed "shameless" will have cameras installed in their homes and be monitored by the authorities 24/7?