I think if you intentionally deceive others into thinking you are someone else and then speak in that other person's voice you are in effect forcing that other person to say something they do not want to say.
I see this as a form of compelled speech. In our legal system compelled speech is a violation of the 1st amendment and in general considered a more serious violation than simple censorship.
Preventing someone from saying what they want is bad and infringes on free speech. Forcing someone to say something they don't want to say is even worse.
Based on these thoughts I support making intentional impersonation of another a ban-able offense. I am not talking about parody and I am not talking about mockery. I'm talking about intentional deception that leads people to believe you are some other real, non-fictional, person. I think this is the root problem behind both the recent Ivan vs Ivan issue as well as the entire BRCC thing.
I think if you intentionally deceive others into thinking you are someone else and then speak in that other person's voice you are in effect forcing that other person to say something they do not want to say.
I see this as a form of compelled speech. In our legal system compelled speech is a violation of the 1st amendment and in general considered a more serious violation than simple censorship.
Preventing someone from saying what they want is bad and infringes on free speech. Forcing someone to say something they don't want to say is even worse.
Based on these thoughts I support making intentional impersonation of another a ban-able offense. I am not talking about parody and I am not talking about mockery. I'm talking about intentional deception that leads people to believe you are some other real, non-fictional, person. I think this is the root problem behind both the recent Ivan vs Ivan issue as well as the entire BRCC thing.
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