The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
—Rowan Atkinson
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Never pick a fight with a man who buys pixels by the terabyte.
Rowan is very eloquent and precise in what he says and he reasons very well. I quoted him once on the rights we have to criticize each others beliefs. He is very precise and eloquent in how he phrases things and he reasons very tightly. He says a lot in a few words and leaves little to debate. Contrast him to the comedians we have who dabble in political commentary such as Bill Maher and the loathsome O’Donnell creature.