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Free Speech is a Compression Problem | Raymond’s Weblog^ Raymond's Weblog^ Free Speech is a Compression Problem CW mention of several controversial topics When is it reasonable to stop someone from conveying some message? Well, here are three obvious answers: Never If what they’re saying isn’t true If what they’re saying is harmful I think all of these answers are kind of wrong, but they all touch something real. My personal guess for the principled answer is something like: If the natural decompression of what they say is not true Essentially the question I’m asking myself is: when someone el

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