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Paul Crowley ([personal profile] ciphergoth) wrote2009-06-04 02:18 pm
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You are not entitled to your opinion

You are, I think, entitled to the right to hold and express any opinion without being shut down by the State for doing so; that is where the entitlement ends.

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(edit: removed Harlan Ellison quote, which doesn't really express what I'm getting at here)

[identity profile] wildeabandon.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm quite fond of the phrase "You're perfectly entitled to be wrong."

[identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
You have a right to be wrong!

[identity profile] damerell.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Quite. I don't discourage people from using the expression because there are plenty of snappy comebacks. :-)