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by walterstucco 3221 days ago
> In your opinion, should I not be able to insult Scientology?

Of course you can

But then you have to suffer the consequences if what you said is against the law

For example if you say that scientology is a cult, it's your right to say so

If you say that members of scientology are pedophiles without any proof, it's not

When a right has no limits it's not a right anymore, it's a privilege

> What about making a negative documentary about Catholicism, or any other religion?

Seriously, if you don't get the difference between criticism and hate speech, I can't help you.

BTW, you can't say lightly anything bad about Scientology for the same reason Citizen United is a threat to freedom

They can throw an enormous amount of money to "the problem"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_law#Cases_in_t...

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/09/us/scientology-s-puzzling-...

http://www.sptimes.com/News/32899/TampaBay/Hardball.html

> Are you sure? Europe doesn't seem too stable lately.

Still not killing each other in the streets over a stupid statue