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   On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:45:56 +0000 (GMT)   
   Bob Latham  wrote:   
      
   > People who wish to stop others speaking are afraid of what they may   
   > say. If you have truth on your side, why would someone else's words   
   > bother you? Liars like to crush free speech and will be on the wrong   
   > side of history, never been a good sensor, they're evil. A few   
   > exceptions, incitement, porn etc.   
      
   	There you have it. Either there are no exceptions to free speech or   
   the only argument is about where to draw the line. Wherever the line   
   happens to be drawn those who want to make it more restrictive are accused   
   of "crushing free speech" while those who want to make it less restrictive   
   are accused of "facilitating evil" - whatever the real reasons for wanting   
   change may be.   
      
   	How much disinformation should we tolerate in the interests of free   
   speech? None would silence pretty much everybody including elected   
   politicians and major news outlets - Unlimited well maybe but perhaps after   
   a generation has grown up with critical thinking on the school syllabus.   
   Also who decides what is disinformation and what is suppressed facts being   
   leaked? When everyone is accused of lying what can you believe?   
      
   	The desire to be able to point to (at least) one good trustworthy   
   source where no lies are told is very understandable (I'd love to see one),   
   the belief that one can exist is perhaps optimistic, the belief that one   
   does is naive. We all make the best guesses we can at filtering the lies   
   from the facts.   
      
   --   
   Steve O'Hara-Smith   
   Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/   
   For forms of government let fools contest   
   Whate're is best administered is best - Alexander Pope   
      
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