oh, yea, I believe the same. this conversation had spawned into "what is free speech?"....
Dana wrote: > it's within his rights to say it, but not necessarily to say it *here* > > Dana > > On 9/2/05, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Um, yea, that's what we're built on. Free speech! >> >>About the only thing you can't say is kill the pres. Everything else is >>free speech, whether it is hateful or not. why do you think the KKK is >>still allowed to do it's thing? it's one our most prized tenets of >>freedom. Sorry, Gel, I agree with you that it sucks and it shouldn't be >>said, but the fact remains that it is fully within the rights of this >>moron. >> >> >>Vivec wrote: >> >>>I was not aware that you can stand up in the middle of the streets and >>>say kill all Jews in the United States. Or make a public statement and >>>say Shoot the President in the US, as this is also 'freedom of >>>speech'. >>> >>>Saying 'shoot the niggers' or 'kill all blacks' is not having a point, >>>or having an 'opinion'. Just as saying gas the jews, or kill the >>>president is not having an opinion, it is Hate Speech. >>> >>>You should try doing the above infront a police station in the US. >>>Let me know what happens. >>> >>> >>>On 9/2/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Yes, I get it. No matter what you think, hate speech is protected by the >> >>Constitution here in the US. The Internet doesn't belong to anybody. >>TOS/Yahoo/HOF has the right to take him down if they want, but it's >>suppression of free speech no matter what the content. >> >>>> >>>>Matthew Small >>> >>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:172284 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
