Kartel Book Mussi a Flop

[Exile]

Haven't read the book and probably won't. I never said anything socially or morally wrong with the book. Read my post again. Just don't think Kartel have anything positive to add to the discourse...and this is just based on his behaviour....

[Exile]

Because he wants to buy it? Or because they shouldn't ban it?

[Bricktop]

That they should ban it...why would anyone advocate banning a book/song/movie from public consumption?

[Exile]

Depends on your views on "free speech", artistic freedom and censureship. Does anyone have any inalienable right to the public airwaves or the public marketplace to say anything they want? Should this all be accessible to everyone? How do define public consumption? How do we protect those who cannot make informed decisions or are easily pursuaded?

[Hortical]

There is a book called the Turner Diaries which is a novel about the violent overthrow of the US Gov't by extremists. Timothy McVeigh who blew up a Federal Building in Oklahoma City was found with an envelope containing pages from the Turner Diaries. This book is available on Amazon & Barnes & Noble. Should the US Congress & State/Local Gov'ts ban this book in the USA???

[Exile]

You are asking me a question on US Congress & State/Local gov???lol. What's the connection here? Was Kartel advocating overthrow of the Jamaican gov? Furthermore, where did I advocate banning of any book? This has been done before in Jamaica - not new...and probably for the worng reasons. The US has laws going back years and have rights and privileges protected by them...including the First Ammendment although they too have limitations...breaching peace and encouraging violence etc.
Jamaica also has Freedom of Expression Laws...some which are outmoded and used mostly politicians and governments to suppress competing views....there have been promises to overhaul them,,,

[Exile]

[quote=Exile;381813]Depends on your views on "free speech", artistic freedom and censorship.]

[Hortical]

A nuh nuttin , just used an extreme example of a book for discussion purposes.

[Bricktop]

Depends on your views on "free speech", artistic freedom and censureship. Does anyone have any inalienable right to the public airwaves or the public marketplace to say anything they want? Should this all be accessible to everyone? How do define public consumption? How do we protect those who cannot make informed decisions or are easily pursuaded?

I live in a democratic society...in a free, democratic, open society, people must have the freedom to produce trash...if you want to be shackled that is your prerogative...next thing yuh gonna tell me they should restrict access to the internet...

[Bricktop]

Still waiting sir...

[Exile]

Bricky - don't jump to conclusions. Read my post nuh and stop get so defensive.