that makes sense Dana
S. Isaac Dealey writes: > Yea... I've always thought of freedom of the press as being "shouldn't that be > covered by the freedom of speech"... though I suppose that would be "freedom of > communication" if you wanted to be really nit-picky... I think the reason we ended > up with "freedom of the press" as a separate "right" is largely because of the time > in which those documents were drafted. That was long enough after Guttenberg for the > press to be in common useage, but this concept of "the news of the day" (i.e. > newspaper) was relatively new... so it just turns out that it ended up getting its > own "freedom" because it was the new hip thing... Fairly similar to specific > moratoriums on taxes for items sold over the internet even though you don't have to > pay taxes for internet sales anyway due to the mail-order laws. Or at least so I've > heard. > > > That what I did -- then decided that freedom of the press > > is a subset of > > freedom of speech. ::shrug:: both the local weeklies did a > > special July 4th > > issue on freedom of speech, the constituton, and the > > Patriot Act, so I have > > reading material :) Anyone know the status of Patriot II > > btw? > > > Dana > > > > S. Isaac Dealey writes: > > >> > ya, it's oral and more of an interview than a test, I > >> > gather. But they are > >> > careful not to ask you questions with no correct > >> > answer, > >> > like "who has the > >> > right to delare war?" Erm, are we talking high school > >> > civics or real life > >> > here? The quesions are all and cut and dry, like, who > >> > is > >> > your senator or > >> > what do the stars on the flag represent. > >> > >> > fwiw I got 8 out of 9. I refuse to count that quesion > >> > about the rights of > >> > aliens; none of the answers given is correct. I did get > >> > life libery and the > >> > pursuit of happiness wrong. > >> > >> I knew life, liberty and the persuit of happiness was a > >> passage from the preamble to the constitution... still > >> got the question wrong... my first instinct was to choose > >> freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of > >> religion and then I balked and selected the other wrong > >> answer before submitting. > >> > >> s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > >> > >> new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > >> > >> lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > >> > >> tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > >> > >> certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > >> http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > >> > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > Archives: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > > > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by > > CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion > > Hosting. > > http://www.cfhosting.com > > > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 > > > > > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
