Legal rights don't justify moral wrongs
MSNBC reports that a "T-shirt company defends right to 'offend' (as its) Web site comes under fire for its 'arrest black babies' tees." And I will defend that company's right to free speech. But while doing so I must condemn the double-standard. Free speech is a moral as well as a right and so has the price of responsible use. Perpertrating a racist stereotype is a violation of this responsibility. As a society that values both free speech and responsibility we need to develop suitable consequences for not using both in concert.