Commentary On Apologies

By now, most people who read this have probably seen Cory Doctorow's apology to Ursula K. LeGuin.  I'm not going to weigh in heavily on the merits of his arguments (save to say that I don't consider 44 words, of which 27 are a quote, to be "commentary"), nor how sincere I feel his apology is.  That said, my opinions on Doctorow have never been a secret, so most can probably already guess where I fall.

Instead, I'm going to assume for a moment that his legal justifications are in fact correct, as I think it raises an interesting point that often could be discussed with regards to free speech issues, but often seems to be ignored.  So here's something to think on:

Just because you can do/say something, does it mean that you should?