I think that is a gross simplification - given the way Nazi Germany was run there was often huge repercussions for refusing orders like that on personally moral basis hence the Gestapo and SS, etc.
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I think that is a gross simplification - given the way Nazi Germany was run there was often huge repercussions for refusing orders like that on personally moral basis hence the Gestapo and SS, etc.
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I have to offer my support to many of vanillaface's posts, often I can be in complete agreement with them, they may be controversial, but that does not make them any the less interesting.
I am sure he speaks publicly what many dare only mention in tight supportive circles or in private, quite a breath of fresh air at times... I doubt he'd go down well at some university debates, but that may be considered a good thing given the secular nature that these institutions seem to have adopted
I am sure he speaks publicly what many dare only mention in tight supportive circles or in private, quite a breath of fresh air at times... I doubt he'd go down well at some university debates, but that may be considered a good thing given the secular nature that these institutions seem to have adopted
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It's a publicly accessible forum, is it not?
There’s a big difference between spouting drivel online anonymously vs doing it in reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakers'_Corner
Open to anyone and when you speak you're open to anyone giving you their view right back. Of course that doesn't make it special, you can do it anywhere but it is specially designated for that purpose and famous for it.
Note the lack of keyboards and internet access. You stand in public and you speak.
Open to anyone and when you speak you're open to anyone giving you their view right back. Of course that doesn't make it special, you can do it anywhere but it is specially designated for that purpose and famous for it.
Note the lack of keyboards and internet access. You stand in public and you speak.
Does the medium of communication determine whether or not speech is public? If so, as some people are arguing, does that affect libel? If, as some people are arguing, all speech online is private even when it's publically available then that should affect how applicable libel laws are online. Libellous speech in private is different to libellous speech in public.