|
|
SABP
South African Business Party
Policies |
|
Freedom of Speech
Most of humankind's problems, whether conflicts or wars, or hatred, aggression or racism, stem from the abuse of language and the incorrect thought processes that formulate such language and speech.
No government can control what people think or what they might say to each other privately, but the law can and should put a limit on what people can say openly, in public and to the outside world. Due to the fact that private speech rapidly becomes public speech when it is conveyed to more than one person at a time, people need to be careful what they say to each other.
The SABP promotes freedom of speech, provided that no person should be allowed to say abusive, racial, hurtful, untruthful, hateful, ill-mannered, unrespectful, intimidatory, inflammatory or undignified things ("Unacceptable Speech") whether or not in public.
Radio, television, print, internet and any other media presence which does not conform to this standard will be seriously curtailed and, if further compliance is not forthcoming, shut down. This includes primary content of radio stations, television channels, newspapers, magazines and other printed matter, websites, newsgroups, and secondary content like lyrics, website links and the like.
If you don't like the idea of your freedom of speech being limited, do not use Unacceptable Speech, and you will not have anything to worry about. You would not like others to use Unacceptable Speech about you; therefore you should also not use it.
People have the right to say what they think, but it must be done in a respectable way.
Special statutory units will be established to monitor all forms of public communication for Unacceptable Speech, and appropriate action will be taken against infringers.
|
| Copyright © 2005-2010 South African Business Party. |
| eMail us your opinion, contribution or comment:
Email |
Open a full SABP policy document here.
You may need to download Adobe Reader to view the above document. |
Freedom of speech
|
Hate speech at Dendron, 18 May 2006. Picture: Die Beeld
|
|
|