<i>a single student complained [...] and the teacher was forced to take those books out of the school. [...] Why let one person&#x27;s complaint take away this great thing for all of the students?</i><p>The phenomenon can be summed up as <i>Society moves as quickly as its slowest walker.</i> I guess the discussion around this phenomenon should be <i>is this the most ideal system?</i> Is Silicon Valley a kind of opposite where the fastest walkers have priority and in the process many people get left behind while those with merit surge further away? Is that how all of society should operate?<p>Personally I advocate total free-speech, the good with the bad, so that we can enjoy unrestricted debate. But is there value in maintaining a kind of cultural speed limit, not a lockstep or unrestricted speed, so that society can move together harmoniously?<p>It&#x27;s a difficult and nuanced topic.