>Speech is an act and should be treated like all other acts. If certain
>speech acts cause harm to a certain person or group of persons those
>persons need protection in the same way that potential victims of
>physical violence need protection. I would make a distinction between
>speech that is offensive and speech that is harmful. Speech that offends
>does not necessarily harm.
So if a capitalist feels harmed if you or I were to shout "Expropriate the expropriators!," should we be prosecuted? I hate to invoke a cliche like "slippery slope," but it seems to me we're on one here.
Doug