Jack Symes
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The big shame is that people are going out of their way to use it as an excuse to rob shops and firebomb mosques and try and burn down hotels with innocent women and children in there, right? Like every single politician in the UK condemns them. Less than 5% of people in the UK even sympathize with them, right?
But there's an interesting question that comes out of that, which we're not talking about, which is, the line of free speech, right? Everyone just goes, it's like George Orwell's 1984 or something. It's like you can't be open with your thoughts. And it's been interesting being here and experiencing a bit more of that strong sentiment, which is, you know...
But there's an interesting question that comes out of that, which we're not talking about, which is, the line of free speech, right? Everyone just goes, it's like George Orwell's 1984 or something. It's like you can't be open with your thoughts. And it's been interesting being here and experiencing a bit more of that strong sentiment, which is, you know...
But there's an interesting question that comes out of that, which we're not talking about, which is, the line of free speech, right? Everyone just goes, it's like George Orwell's 1984 or something. It's like you can't be open with your thoughts. And it's been interesting being here and experiencing a bit more of that strong sentiment, which is, you know...
I think free speech isn't an absolute right in the US or in Europe. You can't share, you can't engage in slander. There's laws against that. You can't share sexually explicit images and the like of children, which is a type of freedom of expression, which might come under freedom of speech.
I think free speech isn't an absolute right in the US or in Europe. You can't share, you can't engage in slander. There's laws against that. You can't share sexually explicit images and the like of children, which is a type of freedom of expression, which might come under freedom of speech.
I think free speech isn't an absolute right in the US or in Europe. You can't share, you can't engage in slander. There's laws against that. You can't share sexually explicit images and the like of children, which is a type of freedom of expression, which might come under freedom of speech.
Well, if you were to take... Okay, let's take an image. So you don't want to include... If you want to include images, plays, symbols... Well, you can't dox people.
Well, if you were to take... Okay, let's take an image. So you don't want to include... If you want to include images, plays, symbols... Well, you can't dox people.
Well, if you were to take... Okay, let's take an image. So you don't want to include... If you want to include images, plays, symbols... Well, you can't dox people.
You can't display a Nazi flag on your front lawn. Right. You might be able to do that some places. Well, it was interesting in the US it was 1919 when someone was, uh, that the high court, Supreme court legislated against somebody for spreading anti-war leaflets because it was a threat to the stability of the US more generally.
You can't display a Nazi flag on your front lawn. Right. You might be able to do that some places. Well, it was interesting in the US it was 1919 when someone was, uh, that the high court, Supreme court legislated against somebody for spreading anti-war leaflets because it was a threat to the stability of the US more generally.
You can't display a Nazi flag on your front lawn. Right. You might be able to do that some places. Well, it was interesting in the US it was 1919 when someone was, uh, that the high court, Supreme court legislated against somebody for spreading anti-war leaflets because it was a threat to the stability of the US more generally.
And the state decided that the thing more important for free speech and to preserve it into the future is to limit it in this case. So there are things, you might think that free speech is like intrinsically valuable, the thing which is more important than anything else.
And the state decided that the thing more important for free speech and to preserve it into the future is to limit it in this case. So there are things, you might think that free speech is like intrinsically valuable, the thing which is more important than anything else.
And the state decided that the thing more important for free speech and to preserve it into the future is to limit it in this case. So there are things, you might think that free speech is like intrinsically valuable, the thing which is more important than anything else.
Yeah. And my intuition is in that case that that was the wrong way to legislate against.
Yeah. And my intuition is in that case that that was the wrong way to legislate against.
Yeah. And my intuition is in that case that that was the wrong way to legislate against.
This is what I found speaking to some of the comedians after the show, because comedians are often, you know, the strongest defenders of free speech, right? It's an interesting conversation.