It is a thing I have been thinking of for quite a while. If racism is against the law, shouldnt homophobia be? Please post your views on this and why it should/shouln't be against the law.
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Shoud being homophobic be against the law?
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21-08-2007, 03:53 PM #2
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Having an opinion shouldn't be illegal. I mean, what people say about it is really bad sometimes and it's not really what you want to hear, but it's someones opinion at the end of the day.
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oops i pressed no by accident but yes..
people think im homophobic because i call alot of things gay but the way i use it doesnt mean (spelling?) homosexual it just means crap, **** or if aimed at someone idiot or even *****.
yeh it should but even if its against the law there will still be people who will shout out homophobic things. just like racism. and i think its classed as verbal abuse anyway?
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No it shouldn't be.
If you're scared of someone who is homosexual, you can't help that - you can help being racist though, people who are racist usually do it for pure comedy.
People who are homophobic, can't really help it that they are scared of homosexuals.Incase you cannot read my signature properly, my user name on runescape is Scriptermone.
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Hell no, if you want thought police so be it, personaly 1984's way of life doesnt sound all that to appealing. And being a racisit is not against the law, the law is against descrimination and offencive racist terms (guess what, those laws also applie with issues of sexuaty.. or anything else you may want to come up with)
Although personally im against even those laws since im a great beliver in true freedom of speach, as voltare put it "I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."
Banning freedom of speach or expression is simply sweeping a socal issue under the rug, it doesnt solve the problem, it just hides it for a while as it slowly gets worse. Speach and thought should be free, im against anyone who says differnt.
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Banning freedom of speech would be taking a step towards becoming a dictatorship.
People are allowed their own opinions.
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not at all,
everyone has a view.
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21-08-2007, 04:45 PM #8
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No and neither should racism. Acts of homophobia/racism obviously should be, but I think they should be treated in the same way as any normal assault or whatever. In my opinion if one guy gets beaten up for no reason at all, and another gets beaten up for being foreign or gay or whatever, that's two identical cases and there shouldn't be extra protection for people just because they're a "minority".
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Yeah. everyone has a view but i think when people kill people and hurt people because of it then yeah it should be against the law.
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Believe it or not, those two things are already crimes... Ever heard of Murder? GBH? assault? ring a bell?
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Why do you need a new law when theres perfectly good ones already there.
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