"Fear of serious injury alone cannot…" — Noam Chomsky

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仅仅因为害怕严重的伤害不能成为压制言论自由和集会的理由。人们曾经害怕女巫而火烧妇女。言论的功能是将人们从非理性的恐惧中解放出来。

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