> Sure, but I don't understand how expressing an opinion about the
> politics of
> the current president of the us can be classified as assault?
The message's body did that (expressed an opinion), the subject did not.
-Cameron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 11:34 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: SS
>
>
> Sure, but I don't understand how expressing an opinion about the
> politics of
> the current president of the us can be classified as assault?
>
> In our recent election here in the UK, the BNP, a racist, nationalistic
> party, gained quite a number of votes in certain areas. Whilst I
> think most
> people would disagree passionately with the BNP's views, and that
> they could
> be argued to stir up trouble, it is the nature of democracy that they are
> allowed to air their views. We just hope that society is sensible
> enough to
> ignore them.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 July 2001 14:02
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: SS
>
>
>
> Freedom of speech, like all freedoms, is not absolute. Just as I can't
> falsely yell "Fire!" in a crowded theatre or spout baseless defamatory or
> libelous statements, neither can I commit assault. It just so
> happens that
> if I commit assault against the leader of my country, there is a special
> branch of law enforcement that will investigate.
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> "Will Swain"
> <will@hothors To: CF-Community
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> e.com> cc:
> Subject: RE: SS
> 07/20/2001
> 04:52 AM
> Please
> respond to
> cf-community
>
>
>
>
>
>
> But don't you consider that to be an infringement of your freedom of
> speech.
> Surely there is therefore an implicit 'threat' that you will be monitored
> and action taken if you speak out of line.
>
> Where does it end?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Allred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 19 July 2001 15:32
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: SS
>
>
> Will,
>
> I don't know if you guys are "sheltered," but given Americans'
> historic
> penchant for assassinating Presidents, our Secret Service tries to
> gather as much information as possible on anything remotely
> resembling a
> threat. To paraphrase Tommy Lee Jones, in MIB, "Ma'am, the Secret
> Service doesn't have a sense of humor that we're aware of."
>
> --John
>
> Will Swain wrote:
> >
> > What, and that thing about the SS was for real. Guess us Brits live
> a
> > sheltered life!!
> >
> > Will
> >
>
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