I *do* think very much that people have the right to hold their own beliefs and opinions, even if i or anybody else thinks that they are bloody stupid, incorrect or offensive. These opinions may very well not be true, and i have just as much right to not have the same opinion, and to think that their opinion is bloody stupid/incorrect/offensive.
If people do not have the right to their own beliefs, then what is the end result of this? A totalitarian state which deems some opinions inappropriate and punishable by...what?
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Date: 2009-06-04 06:06 pm (UTC)I *do* think very much that people have the right to hold their own beliefs and opinions, even if i or anybody else thinks that they are bloody stupid, incorrect or offensive. These opinions may very well not be true, and i have just as much right to not have the same opinion, and to think that their opinion is bloody stupid/incorrect/offensive.
If people do not have the right to their own beliefs, then what is the end result of this? A totalitarian state which deems some opinions inappropriate and punishable by...what?