Originally posted by: molten_lava
My funda of freedom of speech is simple.
You are only allowed to say anything which you have guts to say to a person's face in real life. And I practise it both in virtual and real life.
Freedom of speech involves not hurting the sentiments of another person by your words. You cannot go and say anything and everything in the name of freedom of speech. Because if that was the case, people wouldn't have been arrested over facebook posts against politicians or there wouldn't have been blasphemy laws in the world. There is a thin line dividing what is acceptable and what isn't.
And we should be wise enough to know the difference.
Having said that, yes, there are parodies of actors in real life too, telecasted on TV. I've seen many of them making fun of actors and I enjoy watching it too. But they know their limits. They never cross it because if the actor wants, they can sue them for defamation.
Some of the posts I have seen here, clearly cross the lines. They are created with the sole purpose of instigating people and not for the fun of parody. So if such people are not happy with the way India forums functions, then who's stopping you to go to other websites where you can mock, bash, spew shit about actors? No one right?
Or maybe such websites don't exist.