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Cake day: October 22nd, 2023

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  • Not a German, but I watched a video recently that talked about their country’s perspective on free speech, since that was in the news. Basically, it is interconnected with human rights, but that goes both ways. The Grundgesetz states:
    “Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority… Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his opinions in speech, writing and pictures and to inform himself without hindrance from generally acceptable sources. Freedom of the press and freedom of reporting by means of broadcast and films shall be guaranteed. There shall be no censorship… These rights shall find their limits in the provisions of general laws, in provisions for the protection of young persons and in the right to personal honour.”

    Importantly, Artikel 2 states that these and other freedoms extend “insofar as he does not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitutional order or the moral law.”

    This is similar to the notion of, “my right to swing my fist ends where your face begins.” Maybe some Germans could chime in about this, but I wish Americans would adopt a more practical approach to “free speech.” Your freedom to express yourself should end when it violates another’s personal honour.

    To answer your question, I think their word, “Meinungsäußerungsfreiheit,” would be what you’re looking for. Freedom to express your opinion, with the social understanding of not having a license to go after someone’s honour.








  • Kayday@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzHappy Pi Day!!
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    2 months ago

    Hello! I don’t intend to convince anyone one way is better than another, but I wanted to share why I like the mm/dd/yy format.

    Simple reason, the number of possible integers increases as you go left to right.
    12/31/9999

    That’s all, got it out of my system. Thank you for reading.