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Old 03-27-2011, 11:45 PM   #1
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I tell little bastards to commit suicide all the time on ps3
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Old 03-30-2011, 06:06 AM   #2
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Free speech ends when you cause harm to another. That harm can be more than merely physical. Telling someone to kill himself is one thing. PERSUADING a suicidal person to kill himself is quite another.
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Old 03-30-2011, 11:25 AM   #3
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Free speech ends when you cause harm to another. That harm can be more than merely physical. Telling someone to kill himself is one thing. PERSUADING a suicidal person to kill himself is quite another.
It is still free speech...you may not like it, but it is.
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Old 03-30-2011, 11:28 AM   #4
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It is still free speech...you may not like it, but it is.
Apparently the courts say that it isn't

*EDIT* And before someone tosses out the ol' "Damned liberal judges", he's a former Senator and member of the Republican Party
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Result: He got 360 days in jail.
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