Nope, freedom is always preferable.

So should murderers be free to murder? This is why you should refrain from absolutes.

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Dealing in stolen merchandise is also illegal.

 

I don't recall that gawker sold the tape, I don't know if they paid for it. The idea that the press cannot report, show, or otherwise distribute dirt on a person is kinda silly, that's mostly what the entire industry exists for.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

So should murderers be free to murder? This is why you should refrain from absolutes.

 

Is there a note in the Constitution that says the government should refrain from ruling on them? Because there is clearly one about the press.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

My takes on this are that the press is to remain free, that's all.

They are. As long as they aren't breaking laws like dealing with stolen property, posting things on their website they were told not to because it is an invasion of one's privacy, etc.

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They are. As long as they aren't breaking laws like dealing with stolen property, posting things on their website they were told not to because it is an invasion of one's privacy, etc.

Freeeeeddddooommmm!

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Is there a note in the Constitution that says the government should refrain from ruling on them? Because there is clearly one about the press.

Note or not, freedom is always better. Well, until it's not of course.

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Note or not, freedoms is always better. Well, until it's not of course.

 

Yep, until you (or somebody else) says so. Then we stand around and wonder what happened because we don't have the foresight to think about the shoe being on the other foot.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

Yep, until you (or somebody else) says so. Then we stand around and wonder what happened because we don't have the foresight to think about the shoe being on the other foot.

Or the law says so. Or the judge. Or jury.

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Yep, until you (or somebody else) says so. Then we stand around and wonder what happened because we don't have the foresight to think about the shoe being on the other foot.

Not sure how I'm supposed to feel bad for Gawker (their shoes in this case) for using stolen property to release video/images of someone doing the dirty in a private setting.

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Yep, until you (or somebody else) says so. Then we stand around and wonder what happened because we don't have the foresight to think about the shoe being on the other foot.

Speaking of thee other foot...

 

You'd be ok with someone secretly filming you doing what Hogan did, and then giving it to some scum website to try and profit off of?

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Has his nasty, gold digging ex-wife Linda come back into the picture yet?

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Has his nasty, gold digging ex-wife Linda come back into the picture yet?

All I have seen is her speak about this situation in an interview.

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All I have seen is her speak about this situation in an interview.

 

Ugg, my curiosity got the better of me and had to see what old Linda is up to these days.

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Speaking of thee other foot...

 

You'd be ok with someone secretly filming you doing what Hogan did, and then giving it to some scum website to try and profit off of?

 

I've answered that already.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

So basically EVERYTHING is fair game because it can be called news. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.


Laws need to keep up with the times, and the founding fathers never could have imagined in their wildest dreams about the technology that is available to us today. When they wrote those laws, stories of George Washington bending Betsy Ross over her sewing loom would NEVER have been printed in a newspaper...

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

I've answered that already.

I must have missed it. Please enlighten me, or just tell me what post number.

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I must have missed it. Please enlighten me, or just tell me what post number.

 

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

So basically EVERYTHING is fair game because it can be called news. That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.


Laws need to keep up with the times, and the founding fathers never could have imagined in their wildest dreams about the technology that is available to us today. When they wrote those laws, stories of George Washington bending Betsy Ross over her sewing loom would NEVER have been printed in a newspaper...

 

So keeping up with the times means moving towards authoritarianism and a restriction of rights then? You're right, they never would've had the internet so we need to have speech codes. They never had automatic weapons so we need confiscatory gun control laws. Church? No one needs that anymore, we should ban it or at least fine tax those who choose to attend. The whole problem is that when someone gets to draw the line then that person has the power over where the line is. I'm not ok with that and you shouldn't be either.

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“An empty vessel makes the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.”. - Plato

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Ahhh,ok. Just like Hogan is too. In the meantime they put Gawker on notice not to put it on their website but did anyhow. Illegally.

 

It's not journalism or news when posting a copy of a video when part of the party was not privy to it being filmed. If Gawker played the "But we didn't know card" then that makes them even less of a "news" outlet for not doing any research into it.

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So keeping up with the times means moving towards authoritarianism and a restriction of rights then? You're right, they never would've had the internet so we need to have speech codes. They never had automatic weapons so we need confiscatory gun control laws. Church? No one needs that anymore, we should ban it or at least <del>fine</del> tax those who choose to attend. The whole problem is that when someone gets to draw the line then that person has the power over where the line is. I'm not ok with that and you shouldn't be either.

Many lines are drawn and they were then as well. There is a reason why. Because freedom, true freedom has costs as well. If people were free to murder than that would effect those who don't want to be murdered. If people were legally allowed to drink and drive than we would have more lost lives than we do now. If people were allowed to blow up buildings than it would cost people lots of $ and put insurance companies out of business. If people were free to abuse pets without recourse than we would have even more abused pets. Everyone wants absolute freedom until it infringes on what they think is right. You want no line drawn, but have already drawn lines yourself.

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