Just here to mark my dismay at the loss of yet another long time poster. — VagabondSpectre
What is causing veteran posters to lose their cool all of a sudden? — VagabondSpectre
personally i would want manson to be free simply because of freedom of speach. he has a right to say or do anything he wants as long as he is not physically commiting violence against others himself. if people are being influenced by him then they are ignorant. it would be better to punish and educate them then to blame manson. otherwise its injustice against manson.
same goes for hitler. did hitler even kill a single person himself? mind you this case might be different because he had power over others. he could command someone to be killed for not listening to him.
the level of power matters. if someone has nothing but words and no power then they should not be punished for inciting. because its just freedom of speach — OmniscientNihilist
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