Yep, and he was a socialist who actually cared about free speech.....not like these third rate progressives today.

One of his famous quotes, 'If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.'

Apparently for some, this should only extends to serious intellectual ideas that aren't offensive to others.

If someone makes a bad taste joke I ignore them or I might criticise them....I don't look to send them to prison.....these are awful people.

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Mar 2018 9.02pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Erm... it's about how thought is suppressed under a totalitarian regime. And not sure Orwell could have predicted the internet when the book was written in 1949.

Thats right. Apparently it's alright for Mel Brookes to rip the Jews to pieces whilst prancing about as Hitler. OK he's Jewish himself, but if you're offended by the content, you're offended by the content. You can't pick and choose.

No he wasn't organising a hate campaign and he wasn't tried for that either he was found guilty of sending by "means of a public electronic communications network a message or other matter that is grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".
Breaking taboos and being offensive is part of the creative process, I'll defend Bill Hicks, Frankie Boyle, the Sex pistols and others but the point is their offensiveness is to comment on society or gain a deeper understanding being offensive for the sake of being offensive is just being offensive. To put it in context this men taugtht a dog to nazi salute, even then if he had a good reason why he did it a could see an arguement of free speech but he did it to annoy his girlfriend.

One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A

Sorry if I'm miss reading you here Stirling, but this is a discussion on free speeach, I could add Voltaire to the Orwell quotes 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'
If free speech mean anything it means engaging with people you disagree with through discussion. As I sorry if I'm miss reading you comments.

One supporter of hacking argued that without it "you will do away with the courage and pluck of the game, and I will be bound to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week's practice -Blackheath secretary at first meeting of the F.A

I was given tickets to see Jimmy Carr,Jesus I hope any one that is offended easily never goes to him live....nothing is spared.

This new lot would sentence him to 10 years hard Labour.

always a Norwood boy, where ever I live.