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duedl0r on Oct 15, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Shut up and play nice: How the Western world is li...

this would be true if "western world" == USA. But it isn't. It's a subset of it, and certainly not true for all the western countries.

ommunist on Oct 15, 2012 [–]

You mean Sweden has free speech? Or Norway? I doubt you can have free speech even in Liechtenstein. You can only express yourself "freely" until you are not touching the real chaps with real interests. Look at Assange's story.

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