[jheitmann]

The speech that should absolutely be abridged is using the phrase "Freedom of Speech: A Right" seemingly without referring to the U.S. constitutional right, and also without defining what you mean otherwise. The penalty for violating this law shall be that you have to read every single forum comment about your abstract.

[kerkeslager]

Communication is not a one-person activity--some of the burden of communication lies on the listener/reader/etc. If you have questions about what someone means, ask them. It's unrealistic to demand that people somehow foresee your questions and answer them without you having to ask.

[DenisM]

I was going to downvote your post in contemptuous anger, but your ideas for the penal system reform have completely captured my attention.

I'm only part-joking, too. Can we get to a better society by punishing transgressions with an obligation to read and summarize opposing views? There's a thought...

It seems a bit too close to the Communist indoctrination methods (read Marx, write essay, repeat for several years), but maybe a botched implementation should not completely discourage us from finding a working one.