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Originally Posted by AGB
First of all, the quote he used is dead on: if we don't protect the fringe things when an attempt is made to erode the freedom of citizens, then why should any other be protected.
I can't think of a better quote.
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Again, if we don't protect the rights of people we disagree with, who's there to protect my rights when MY opinion is disagreed upon?
Yeah, that's right. Noone. Because first they came for ...
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Yes, let's complete that: "First they came for the paedophiles." Is that how the quote should begin? I don't think the government should be in the business of banning books. Period. Full stop. But that quote is over the top and presents strictly formal problems when applying it to this case. Unless we are talking about WWII, I just don't think we should be mentioning Nazis on the Internet. It's old. It contributes little to the debate. It displays an impoverishment of the imagination and of the historical consciousness. Why not Revolutionary Way analogies? Why not Wilhelm Reich analogies?