AlanBarr:
I think some minor restrictions on freedom of speech (racism, trolling, etc) is a price worth paying to make the world a slightly kinder place, just as we accept the loss of privacy to CCTV cameras as a price worth paying to keep us safer. If, as a civilised person, I have no intention of inciting hatred, the fact that it's illegal doesn't restrict me in any way. However there are some freedoms of speech which we must never give up, such as the freedom to criticise the government and (in Britain) to make fun of the royal family.
No. No legal restrictions on speech of any kind. At all. There are no "freedomS of speech" or "minor restrictions" thereof. Only
freedom of speech (singular). Making the world a slightly kinder place has nothing to do with it, despite what some people seem to think. Would in be "nicer" if the world was a kinder place? Yes. But doing it by laws is the wrong way to go about it. Government is force. Nothing more. ALL government. And force won't "make" us kinder or gentler or nicer. And making fun of the royal family isn't really very "nice" either, is it? Fun, maybe, but not nice. The state can't "make" us nicer or kinder. Only we, the people can do that...