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Originally Posted by el_draco
The legislation you speak of is social engineering. If I speak my mind in such a way that it is contrary to the political pressure, I would lose my job in 10 minutes and could be heavily fined or imprisoned.
Progress? Nope.
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Laws reflect the the evolution of attitudes in society, and if you want to call that social engineering, then so be it.
But I, for one, am all for it if it means that people no longer feel the "have the right" to inflict racial abuse on public transport, or beat up gays.
No-one is going to lose their job for arguing against a law they feel is unjust, but you deserve to lose your job for vilifying someone because of the sexual orientation, race, religion, etc.. The right to free speech does not extend to vilifying anyone.