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Re^4: Can I please have multiple downvotes per (certain monk's) posts.by BrowserUk (Patriarch) |
on May 30, 2015 at 23:51 UTC ( [id://1128434]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
I can understand that BrowserUk is getting tired of it but everything else would amount to censorship.... If he came on here spouting misogyny, holocaust denial, eugenics, or sexual preference intolerance; (almost) no one would blink an eye at his being censored or censured. Is his brand of widely recognised, deliberate, willful, disinformation any less harmful because the grouping he targets crosses the boundaries of recognised groups? I recognise, and would defend, his right to free speech, when posted on his own web site. But here, he taints us all with his uttering, and by any legal convention, we have the right to defend our -- and this sites -- reputations, from association with him, and his incompetence and remorseless lack of attempt to either correct his mistakes; nor learn from them. Two of my greatest hates are: nannying states; and the imposition of one man's opinions upon another; but both censuring and censorship have their place in a tolerant, but strong, knowing and defended community. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
I'm with torvalds on this
In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. Agile (and TDD) debunked
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