Sorry, but you've got it slightly wrong, or maybe you don't... | | I'm sorry to digress, since this isn't why the article was originally | posted, but I was forced to succumb to the troll. Free | speech is essential | in an open society. Freedom from discrimination is essential in a | democracy. Carry on. "Free speech is essential in an open society." Yup, true enough. "Freedom from discrimination is essential in a democracy." Well, maybe. I do take notice of your change in terms, there. All democracy means is mob rule. We don't live in a democracy, and I think you should be glad you don't. Frankly, I think a better observation would follow the form of your first one - "Freedom to discriminate is essential in an open society." The phrase "Freedom from..." has always meant a curtailing of freedom, in my experience.