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Re: The future of free speech

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Originally Posted by geneven (Post 745399)

This is an interesting issue in itself. Intelligence is SUPPOSED to be this inherent thing detected by IQ tests. Someone made it up as a concept, then found evidence for its existence.

IQ tests measure your ability to figure things out, not what or how much you know.

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Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 744988)

Education and intelligence are two different things... AFAIK, there's evidence that education makes people more intelligent (while most of us think that you need to be intelligent to receive proper education.)

Of course they're different (but related) things. Regardless, not everyone has the same capacity to learn. And our ability to learn changes with age as well. Lot of variables involved here. No one size fits all.

Re: The future of free speech

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Originally Posted by Texrat (Post 747646)

Lot of variables involved here. No one size fits all.

EVERYTHING is relative, including the fact that everything is relative. So there is in fact a one size fits all answer, and that is to say that no one size fits all.

The original topic was basically what our opinion on individual corporations being *allowed* to limit free speech via their forums.

I am of the opinion that they absolutely should be able to limit speech if they so desire. Furthermore, who do we think we are that we *allow* them anything? They have a right to do business as they please, separate from our petty *allowances*.

We also have the right to spend our money and time as we see fit according to the resources accorded of each of us. Let people do as they will and the best recourse will always find its way.