Torben comments on Offense versus harm minimization - Less Wrong

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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?