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Speaking as a Canadian, freedom of speech is only moderate here. You have "freedom of expression" except where it is thought to potentially offend anyone. The right to not be offended is often thought of as greater than the right of the publisher to freedom of speech. Notice how few works of strong opinion are published or sold here, and how controlled pornography is, for instance. We have "human rights" tribunals to persecute anyone who says anything that can be interpreted as the slightest bit in disagreement with Canada's official multiculturalism policy. Also, as I understand it, any form of portrayal of what we might politely term 'rough sex' is illegal. There are books written on this stuff. (See [[Ezra Levant]]'s work, for instance.) I am always surprised at how much more freedom of speech there is in the USA and in Britain, for instance, than here. The bent of the law here seems to assume that what we are allowed to express or witness in terms of media is wholly under the control of society, and it must always be for the greater good. This kind of philosophy is really an anti-free one. It fears freedom of speech as something that could subvert the state or disturb the peace. I hope the article can indicate these things. [[User:Kozushi|Kozushi]] ([[User talk:Kozushi|talk]]) 05:07, 21 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Speaking as a Canadian, freedom of speech is only moderate here. You have "freedom of expression" except where it is thought to potentially offend anyone. The right to not be offended is often thought of as greater than the right of the publisher to freedom of speech. Notice how few works of strong opinion are published or sold here, and how controlled pornography is, for instance. We have "human rights" tribunals to persecute anyone who says anything that can be interpreted as the slightest bit in disagreement with Canada's official multiculturalism policy. Also, as I understand it, any form of portrayal of what we might politely term 'rough sex' is illegal. There are books written on this stuff. (See Ezra Levant's work, for instance.) I am always surprised at how much more freedom of speech there is in the USA and in Britain, for instance, than here. The bent of the law here seems to assume that what we are allowed to express or witness in terms of media is wholly under the control of society, and it must always be for the greater good. This kind of philosophy is really an anti-free one. It fears freedom of speech as something that could subvert the state or disturb the peace. I hope the article can indicate these things. Kozushi (talk) 05:07, 21 August 2012 (UTC)