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Originally Posted by Azayzel
Your quote is quite interesting; however, one point being missed is that it's regarding opinions and not actions.
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Yes indeed. And <philosophy_geek_mode=on> Mill was a big proponent of the idea that individuals should have perfect freedom, until the point where they began to harm others - and it's tough to harm others in speech (though not impossible).
Of course, that line where you start to harm others gets fuzzier and fuzzier the more you think about it, so maybe it's not so easy. In fact, we're seeing this in the current case, where the moderators believe that the speech of one member is causing harm to the entire community.
It would have been interesting to see Mill's incredibly liberal speech philosophy tested by placing him as the moderator of an internet bulletin board. I wonder if he would have given up after the 14th goatse link, or C|-|34p C|al|s ad. ;-)