Why are we allowed to say what we want?

Right, now I'll start treading on toes. Freedom of speech is a ridiculous concept. The whole idea that anyone should be allowed to say whatever they want is absolutely ridiculous. Take that idiot stepfather of Cezanne "Barbie" Visser. He compared adv Barbie to Nelson Mandela. Someone should slap prof Johan Lemmer. 


Yup. you read it correctly. He compared a sex offender to one of the greatest men to ever walk the face of this planet. Now let's give a couple of truths. Mandela was a terrorist. He was arrested for it and spent 27 years in jail. But Mandela is also a freedom fighter. A man that furiously campaigns for equality, freedom and respect. He was labelled a terrorist because his views did not coincide with that of the ruling class. The system did not fail him. To be precise, the system worked perfectly in that time. Now you can argue that the system did fail him after he became president. Even though he tried his best there was just no way that the utopian SA that he visualised was going to happen in just a couple of years.


Adv Barbie on the other hand, diddled a few kiddies, got involved with a despicable specimen of the human race, she was caught and she stood trial, she was found guilty and now she's going to prison. The system did not fail her either. If you argue that she was in an abusive relationship and the system did not help her, well pooy for her. How was the system to know she had problems? Did she go out looking for help? Did she go the police?


So, Johan Lemmer, I don't know where you bought your title, but seriously. Give it back. This brings me back to the topic of freedom of speech. Should we be allowed to say whatever we want, as long as it does not incite hatred or violence towards others? Shouldn't we implement a "License to Speak"? Have it function like a drivers license, if you fuck up, you pay a fine. If you fuck up too often, your license gets revoked and you can suffer in silence. 


This will save us from idiots like professor Johan Lemmer and Julius Malema. We will also get rid of a couple of TV presenters who were inappropriately touched on their studios, as well as the people who touched them. So I say. Let us go out there into the wide world spreading the message of licensed speech. We'll be agents. Bloody agents of change and reason.


We should start a petition. Or march. Or picket outside parliament.