Comments by "David Getling" (@DavidGetling) on "Man pleads guilty to wearing an offensive shirt to FA Cup final | Should free speech be LIMITED?" video.

  1. Democracy and free speech means that we have to be prepared to accept that what other say and write may offend us. The trouble with cases like this is who decides what is acceptable. When a more authoritarian government come to power it will use cases like this as a precedent to stop people criticising them. As Voltaire famously said: "Monsieur l’abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write"
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