Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Right to blaspheme right to insult- Is it a right?

Some people believe that right to blaspheme is their fundamental right that no one can take away from them. by this, they mean that they can insult anybody they wish and they have a right to do so. this means that anybody can insult them, their mothers, brothers , sisters, daughters and other relatives as well. the right to do so may be called the right to verbal insult. It can also be stated that anything cane be done with the relatives of the person in question or the person himself. This may be termed as the right to physical insult. If insult and abuse are to be allowed on any grounds, then the rights to verbal and physical insults are also to be allowed. Every logical person knows that these are not rights but an infringement on the rights of others. Freedom has to be within limits , keeping in  view the rights of others. if you have freedom of speech, others have freedom of respect. Your freedom of speech does not allow you to abuse somebody. How can it be logical that your freedom of speech allows you to abuse millions of people worldwide at once by insulting their figure of respect, which they may revere more than their lives. a reactionary blow on your face from a person you abuse is similar to a violent reaction shown by some people to your so called foolish '\right to insult''. In short, right to insult does not exist and you cannot get away with insulting somebody and saying,'' This is my right to insult.'" This is as foolish as it can be.

An important distinction to be made is that you can criticise a reputed figure but you cannot abuse him in public. hence, the right to criticise is a legitimate right while the right to insult is a logicall fallacy as it gives others to insult you, which may be verbal or physical. If physical, it may be death. Hence, you are inviting your own death. 

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