BF2S Forums Freedom of Speech or Right to Bear Arms?

Freedom of speech all the way - the pen is mightier than the sword

Already gave one of them up, didn't miss it.

Why are the persons who voted for Arms not showing up?

Freedom Of Speech.

Freedom of speech...here in the UK we have  some of the tightest gun controls in the world. I don't miss guns.
Also we are the most spied on nation in the world. In the West we are losing our freedom of speech. Laws are passed every day controlling us more and more. Both will be gone. 1984, Orwell got the decade wrong, 2084

Wow, that's a very good question. It's definitely something that can't be answered simply in my opinion. Of course my natural knee-jerk reaction is to say freedom of speech. However, in order to protect any other rights we have, what good does freedom of speech really do? Of course you'd be free to tell people how you really felt, but if you're under the thumb of a new militant regime who'd just as soon shoot you as change their policies based on a public demonstration of the people, then what use is it?

I suppose it depends entirely on the current state of affairs for the nation. If it was a situation where politicians actually listened to the people rather than making decisions in the best interests of whomever donated the most campaign money then maybe freedom of speech would be the best choice. However, if the government wouldn't listen to the people in the first place, you may have to force them to listen to something, and gun shots are pretty loud.

Being a bit jaded at the moment, I'm going to vote for the right to bear arms.

I voted right to bear arms as revolutions are more effective with guns.  Then we can get free speech back.

So far, 80% voted Freedom of Speech.  The other 20% should be shot.  j/k

IRONCHEF wrote:

Speech.  Arms is not under attack (though the arms lobby would disagree).  Speech, however, is under attack and a much more worthy fight to keep.

I'm not sure if you can quantify the worth of a basic right as higher than another. They're both extremely valuable, and in both regards one can be more important to certain individuals than others. Clearly your right to free speech is more important to you than your right to bear arms, but that certainly doesn't mean that people who have a different point of view are wrong for where they hold their values.

HM1{N} wrote:

The right to bear arms...

While you are trying to talk your way out of everything, I can just shoot you and have my say.  I get Freedom of Speech then too.  ;-)

Sure, you'll be able to say anything you want while on death row for murder.

Free speech all the way.

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IRONCHEF wrote:

Speech.  Arms is not under attack (though the arms lobby would disagree).  Speech, however, is under attack and a much more worthy fight to keep.

I'm not sure if you can quantify the worth of a basic right as higher than another. They're both extremely valuable, and in both regards one can be more important to certain individuals than others. Clearly your right to free speech is more important to you than your right to bear arms, but that certainly doesn't mean that people who have a different point of view are wrong for where they hold their values.

If you feel I have somehow said someone is wrong for holding a different point of view of their values, then you're welcome to write your senator and request that I be electrocuted, waterboarded, beaten, humiliated, and then imprisoned for life for expressing my opinion.  Oh wait, different congress now...you should write your representative and ask that I be reprimanded for my opinion.