-Caveat Lector- <http://www.newsday.com/coverage/current/editorial/monday/nd3862.htm> FRESH VOICES Our Freedoms Glenn Given Glenn Given, a Sound Beach resident, is a senior at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he is managing editor of The Stony Brook Press. AFTER READING a satirical, albeit crude, editorial in The Stony Brook Press titled "Dear Jesus Christ, King of Kings, All I Ask is That You Smite George W. Bush," a faculty member at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where the student-run newspaper is published, notified the Secret Service. The faculty member's concern about the safety of the president led to an interrogation of the author. The author was me. While the eloquence of my words is debatable-I wrote about the president's faith-based social-service plan-the legality of those words is not. And therein lies the problem. Paramount to our participation in the American system is the duty to exercise our freedom of speech. Unmitigated discourse-that never-ending debate that exists between ideological opposites-is the single most important factor in American life. Our ability to express ourselves as eloquently or as crassly as possible is what makes this society unique. Whether or not we agree with someone's viewpoints, we, as a society, agree with their right to speak them. I do not blame the Secret Service, and I'm glad they take every call made to them with the utmost seriousness-because any of us may be forced to make that call one day. But if that day arrives, we need to remember our responsibility to each other-our responsibility to assess the situation intelligently and critically before we place another inch of our freedom on the line in the name of the alarmist and the reactionary. ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
