VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|amie|DATE|1376041379|CONTENT|While I acknowledge that the principle of lashon harah evil speech,  is central in the hierarchy of biblical principles, translating this into civil free speech terms is not merely platitudinous but dangerous. Rabbi Sachs concludes: Free speech means .. speech which respects the freedom and dignity of others..
Freedom yes, but dignity, no! It is the essence of free speech to be at liberty to satirise and ridicule- we cannot be constrained by an obligation to respect universally the dignity of tyrants and bombasts alike.|EMAIL|avril@cream.org|IP-ADDRESS|86.150.167.60|MODERATIONFLAG|