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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.

[Poll #1410915]
(edit: removed Harlan Ellison quote, which doesn't really express what I'm getting at here)

[identity profile] ciphergoth.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 01:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly - I chose the wording of the poll question quite carefully.

Though actually I'm not sure it really means anything very precise; I can think of several different interpretations of what it might be supposed to mean, and that alone is reason enough to discourage people from saying it.