Freedom of Expression, Equality, and Democracy
Philosophy class today.

I was rather groggy by the 2/3 of the class, but I was widely awake when the prof was on the page of freedom of expression, equality, and democracy. He stated his arguments about how Hate Propaganda may not be justified by the Freedom of Expression statement on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of Canada in lieu of the Keegstra ruling of the Supreme Court.

While he was giving his lecture on this Keegstra person, a co-requisite reading by Mill says that Freedom of Expression cannot justify the Hate Propaganda that Keegstra taught his students (regarding the Holocaust being a hoax and such), because the Harm Principle is being violated by this particular act. Mark, my prof, said that he did a job interview at Providence (Rhode Island) on this particular topic, and the Philosophy department in that particular institution was shaking its head on what he had to say. Listening to him, I do agree with the argument that if Keegstra did state something that will cause his students to later harm people of Semitic decent (maybe), then it is morally wrong to hate a particular group. But he said when he was telling this to the people in the States, they were like, "Are you serious? How can you possibly go against the right to Freedom of Expression?"

I don't know about most people, but I really feel that Filipinos -- compared to Canadians -- are somewhat more tolerable about other people when it comes to Hate Propaganda. If you tell an educated person that the Holocaust was a hoax, then might as well hide some place, because you might be greeted with stones. =.= But I dunno. Maybe it's my personal opinion on stuff that I am pretty much convinced that Equality and the Harm Principle be considered over Freedom of Expression. You can express all the expression you would want, just don't mess with me and hurt a majority of people.

To be honest, I don't have any clue anymore what I'm talking about so I'm going to stop. Lol. Philosophy test is next week. I have a LOT to finish and a paper due the week after that, and I forgot that I do need to consult the prof before my presentation for English Fundamentals. D=

I'll leave you with your philosophical opinions.