Every time the issue of free speech comes up, some joker makes a comment saying “What if I were to insult you and abuse you? How would you feel then?” The recent legal troubles of the AIB roast highlight the problem of busybodies in India. Jobless people who get offended on someone else’s behalf even when they haven’t seen or read the work in question. Or worse, who deliberately choose to watch it, knowing that it’s for adults and with full disclosures.
So just to forestall any future questions:
I hereby given anyone and everyone full permission to abuse and insult me in any way they wish. What’s more, you can also defame me, lie about me, and spread whatever rumors you want, insult my family, my ancestors, any god of your choosing, my (never to be born) kids, or whatever.
For all this, I will not hold anyone legally responsible. However, I may respond on my blog, or abuse you back, or rip you to shreds for any bullshit you may spew. But you’ll never see me go crying to the government to protect my “rights”. It doesn’t mean I won’t be offended either. I might be. But you won’t see me filing an FIR. I will respond to words either with silence, or with my own words. Never with violence, or with legal sanctions.
So if you don’t like me, or don’t like what I say, then let loose! Use the worst insults, or abuses you can think of. Want to see how it feels to vent your spleen? Go ahead!
Mind you – I am under no obligation to publish your comments on my personal blog. I can delete your comments for any reason of my choosing, and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. But you’re more than welcome to use your own blog or your Facebook account or whatever. Be creative!
This license also applies to any other works of “art”. You can paint me naked, or paint me doing terrible obscene stuff – I don’t care! So if we ever get into an argument about Freedom of Expression, never again ask the question “What if I were to abuse and insult you or your family?”, this blog post will be my answer.
Man, the butthurt is real…
“I felt it was a very violent event. Violence is not only physical, it can be verbal and emotional too. When you insult someone, you perpetuate violence,” Mr Khan said.
Cry me a river? Dear god, it’s a roast. That’s like complaining about violence in a boxing ring. Nevermind that complaining about emotional violence is pretty hilarious already.
But he clarified that there must be no witch-hunt against those involved in the roast if no law had been broken.
That sure sounds like it didn’t need to be outright stated. Am i… missing something?
The comments are all like:
‘oh you can do humor without obscene language and filth’
and you can also do that WITH obscene language and filth; what’s the problem?
humorously there’s no complainers who were there or roasted, so at best you have moral-decay complainers because it might reach the ears of teenagers who i guess can’t get moral filth anywhere else on the internet, and then it’s just general ‘filth is bad’. Don’t like it don’t watch it, lool
In reply to tehy
I wonder if there’s a law preventing people from getting offended on other’s behalf. I mean, if the target doesn’t mind, then what’s the problem??
By the way, this would totally end all blasphemy like laws as well. After all, you’re getting offended on the behalf of god right? :D
In reply to bhagwad
probably not, but i’d campaign for one
does seem to solve a lot of ‘problems’ people have
What are your credentials? You take such absurd stances on real and important issues. I can’t fathom what’s driving you… Why are you so upset?