DanArmak comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanArmak 23 April 2011 02:11:01PM 1 point [-]

One way is to try and compare similar countries where such offensiveness bans are enforced or not, and see which direction net migration is.

There are many other factors affecting migration. Is it possible to evaluate a single factor's direct influence?

Comment author: Torben 24 April 2011 10:32:13AM 0 points [-]

I don't know.

Perhaps "freedom of speech" (or whatever variable to call it) is so tightly bundled with other variables -- most of all affluence -- that it's impossible to asses properly.

OTOH, if this bundling is evident across nations, cultures and time, it probably means that it truly is an important part of a net desirable society?