Penn and Teller have LONG been known for "Pushing the envelope". They often take very sensitive subjects, and push them to the limits. Their resoning in this, is to serve two purposes... To give the closed minded people a logically presented arguement to try to open their toughts, and also, to make people want to watch/listen to their reasoning.

An example... A "fan" of a radio show or TV show, will watch or listen at their convenience, where someone who strongly disagrees with them, will more often watch or listen to the entire program, looking for a reason to complain.

The way they prove their point in this video is VERY controversial, but it proves the point, that the constitutional right to free speech doesn't protect us from "Safe" opinions, it protects peoples rights to discuss controversial issues, without penalty.


What scares me, is that in these current times, a lot of the people that would be offended by the thought of our freedoms being stripped from us, are the same people who want to push into office, politicians who's main objective, is to take our freedoms away.