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joey_bananas
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Sweden reopens Wikileaks founder rape investigatio...
Yes, nothing like rape for a good chuckle.
philk
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It is possible to maintain a sense of humor and joke about something without actually condoning it.
MarkBook
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If wikileaks should be allowed to leak state secrets then why should some jokes be taboo?
joey_bananas
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No one said they weren't allowed to make the jokes.
philk
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It might just be my reading of it but
Yes, nothing like rape for a good chuckle.
conveys disapproval to me.
arst
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There's a tremendous difference between expressing disapproval for what someone says and believing that they shouldn't be allowed to say it (insert not-actually-Voltaire quote here).
_pius
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insert not-actually-Voltaire quote here
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Done.
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