First, Archon. Your example is stupid. There are lots of groups that are oppressed in a current society. Often they are oppressed for a reason. Nazis, satanist, and terrorists are all oppressed as are their ideas.
For societies to function, there has to be agreements. This means that needs of individuals are often sacrificed. Usually, the benefits of being part of a society outweigh the loss of the individual.
So the question, is limiting the creativity of script writers, helping or hurting the society. Well, first you have to think, how important is the function of script writers in society compared to everything else. Compared to doctors, teacher, and farmers; script writers are pretty low on the totum pole as far as providing a useful function to society. Not to completely dismerit script writers, they do provide some funtion, but not a function that will cause the society to collapsed if they can no longer do it.
There are plenty of societies that have gotten along just fine without script writers.
So before restrictions are placed on script writers, you have to ask are they necessary. Â Well, the script writers are saying that the restrictions will deny them their basic human rights. Yet, the plantiffs are saying that the restrictions will protect their basic human rights. So which basic human right is more important?
Personally, I have a grudge against the "freedom of expression" argument. I find it to be one of those hippy terms that was never thought through, but sounds nice. Obviously, there are lot of things that can't be said or expressed in public. If you want to get along you have to agree to follow what the majority finds acceptable. Societies, economies, language, and culture are all based on that concept to some degree.
Now, if the complaints agianst these script writers is accurate. Then the script writers may have commited a serious harm to the society. Allowing a minority group to mentally and emotionally abuse another group for the sake of creativity just seems ascewed.
I think between having a safe work environment and having creative control. I would go with the safe environment. I find that creativity is over-rated and severely misunderstood.