* Eric Cordian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010511]:
> Jim Choate wrote:
>
> > Note that at NO time should anyones actual speech be monitored, measured,
> > or otherwise 'managed' by any 3rd party. It simply isn't needed.
>
> Oh Bullshit.
>
> If Fred has an odd sense of humor, and tells blind people the opposite of
> what the traffic lights say, his actual speech needs to be managed.
>
> If Timmy causes mass death by screaming "Anthrax Attack" in an underground
> walkway during rush hour, resulting in a massive stampeding, crushing, and
> trampling incident, his actual speech needs to be managed.
>
> It is equally absurd to suggest that Timmy can mitigate his responsibility
> by screaming "It's my OPINION that we're having an Anthrax Attack" in lieu
> of actually stating there is one.
>
<much snippage>
Who caused the action?
Information doesn't cause action.
"Timmy" produced information, whether false or true, it really doesn't matter.
That was his only act.
Producing information doesn't hurt a single person, ever.
How people respond to that information does.
Again, do make it quite clear.
Timmy caused no hurt. The people who reacted irrationally and quite idiotically did.
Tell me how this doesn't matter.
