Free speech - front lines in Australia - [personal at bernardgaynor.com.au: Update: battle for free speech]

Zenaan Harkness zen at freedbms.net
Mon Sep 12 00:11:30 PDT 2016


On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 01:59:01PM +0800, Nadine Earnshaw wrote:
> "True free speech demands that you allow horrible small minded idiots
> the right to say vile things in public so that all unpopular but valid
> opinions can be debated and society can grow." 
> 
> No I don't agree with you. Sorry but you dont get to define what free
> speech is.
> In 18c we arent talking about what is unpopular but what is public
> vilification. There is a difference between debate and personal
> attacks.Personal attacks whether physical or verbal are not acceptable
> and are criminal in civilized society.


So where is the quote of Bernard Gaynor, where you say he said something
publicly that personally attacked another individual, and that therefore
Bernard Gaynor should suffer some legal/ criminal punishment, such as
things already done to him (sacking him from the Australian Reserve
Army) or some additional/ other punishement he should suffer, as a
result??



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