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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 8077714" data-attributes="member: 6906155">I agree.Yes, it is quite possible, and common, to insult someone out of ignorance. This is inevitably going to happen. But once we discover we have insulted someone the right thing to do is apologise and try to avoid making the same mistake again. Which is why it makes sense for a business to employ people for the specific task of trying to avoid ignorant insults. they won't always succeed of course, but at least the business is trying.I don't see the distinction you are making. "Free expression" means we can insult who we like, as deliberately as we like, we can tell whatever lies we like, and we don't have to apologise to anyone we don't want to.</blockquote>