Jay: I was raised in a home that was an “Abode of Happiness.” However, thinking about "Free Speech", I am glad I had not heard about that concept when I was 5 years old and said my first "Bad Word" in front of my mother! I fear, had I brought up that subject, after being severely chastised for saying such a word, I would have been in what I called "Double Trouble" back then!! 🤣🤣
The crime issue is perplexing, in at least two regards:
Is the level of crime that people fear real or instilled in them by their choice of news/commentators, particularly when even the President can’t be believed (think “they’re eating the dogs/they’re eating the cats”)?
In a free society, is some level of crime a price that has to be paid? In other words, if abolishing crime would require an extreme level of crime prevention and detection (think the “precogs” in Minority Report), is a crime-free society worth the cost?
Jay: I was raised in a home that was an “Abode of Happiness.” However, thinking about "Free Speech", I am glad I had not heard about that concept when I was 5 years old and said my first "Bad Word" in front of my mother! I fear, had I brought up that subject, after being severely chastised for saying such a word, I would have been in what I called "Double Trouble" back then!! 🤣🤣
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The crime issue is perplexing, in at least two regards:
Is the level of crime that people fear real or instilled in them by their choice of news/commentators, particularly when even the President can’t be believed (think “they’re eating the dogs/they’re eating the cats”)?
In a free society, is some level of crime a price that has to be paid? In other words, if abolishing crime would require an extreme level of crime prevention and detection (think the “precogs” in Minority Report), is a crime-free society worth the cost?
"They do not want to be a constituent of an empire: or a vassal state, or a captive nation."
The colon after "empire" is kind of a weird choice. The commas are rather at sea, too.
" FAIR, i.e., the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression."
Isn't that FIRE? If not, what do the letters FAIR stand for?
Yes, "FIRE," not "FAIR"! Have corrected. Thx so much, CW.
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