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I think that making offending someone a crime is a very dangerous thing to normalise as some people seem to be offended just by being alive.

What are your thoughts?
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Offending someone isn't a crime? What law or proposed law are you referring to?
ZenKitzune · F
@CountScrofula depends where you live lol, free speech isn't a thing here in the UK.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@ZenKitzune Right, I remember Stewart Lee being charged under blasphemy law in the early 00s. Has that idiocy made a comeback?
indyjoe · 56-60, M
@CountScrofula I'm afraid it has...with a vengeance. Here in the U.S. the answer to everything that offends someone or they just don't particularly agree with or like. let's just file lawsuits and try to get it legislated out of existence. "I have my rights! and mine are more important than yours so I'll see that you don't have any..." is the general attitude. It makes a joke out of the whole purpose of the constitution.
ZenKitzune · F
@CountScrofula yeah a guy was sent to prison for making an offensive youtube video a few weeks ago.