Quote:I have not read the finding in the matter but I am fairly certain that the result was not related to popularity. I strongly suspect that whatever he said did in fact breach 18c.
According to the HREOC it did. 18c itself is hopelessly vague. You will find nothing in there to give you a clear answer on what violates it, or whether the decision on Toben was tainted by his overwhelming unpopularity. In any case, I was not asking you to read the court ruling.
Quote:In answer to you question popularity almost certainly had nothing to do with the ruling.
I was asking whether it should, not whether it did. Do your own personal views make it easier for you to discard his freedom of speech?
Quote:Do you oppose the restriction to freedom of speech endemic in other laws such as defamation etc ?
Not in principle. I see slander as a 'just consequence' of the kind others here talk of but do not understand. I am glad to see we have had some reform in Australia since I last looked into it. There are others that are more of a grey area, but none I am aware of that are such a clear and grievous attack on freedom of speech as 18c.