I cld tell everyone the father of a celebrity's baby coz I had access to her medical records. I mustn't.That shld be illegal
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Yes, there are important exceptions. I think the ppl who first formulated this were thinking more about freedom to express any
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idea or opinion. There can be a grey area when you start talking about defamation, personal information, slander etc.
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These aren't ideas or opinions. Maybe a grey area on opinions about people but otherwise, completely different
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
More about owning your own ideas - concept of intellectual property - and having the rights to dispose of them as you wish.
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I don't think 'speech' is really the issue or 'free except for a, b, c & d' gets to the root of it. Ideas & right to share
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Interesting angle. I don't usually think of it in terms of intellectual property rights.
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I just think freedom to express ideas & freedom to blackmail or break confidentiality are qualitatively different.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
And we cld possibly get past the 'but what about shouting 'fire' in a crowded place' etc if we make that difference v clear
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My ideas are mine. I choose whether to share them. Your brain is yours and you choose whether to use it to listen to them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @christianjbdev
That is the freedom I want to defend.
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