I agree with everything you wrote Bob. It's just this guy should go stand on a street corner somewhere and preach his crap instead of getting paid to do it in an institution of so-called higher learning.
Tom C. >From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Talk about crap >Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 21:39:59 +0100 > >I agree with Aaron on this. > >I'd go a bit further. If you believe in free speech you must defend >the right of people who are saying things you really don't want to >hear, and which may well be crackpot, offensive or plain stupid. For >one thing, it gets these people out into the open so you know who they >are, and who/what you might have to defend yourself against. >Subjecting our own opinions and ideas to attack means we strengthen >those that are of value, and discard those that aren't. This has been >one of the most powerful weapons in the triumph of democracy - it >grows stronger because it welcomes scrutiny and critical examination. >Compare this to totalitarian and theocratic regimes. > >Another aspect of free speech, which people often don't consider, is >our right to hear things and judge them for ourselves, and not to have >some nanny state or self-proclaimed authority decide what is and is >not good for our ears. We are adults, so we have the right to listen >to this sort of guff if we want to, and the right to believe it, or to >ignore it, or to mock it as we see fit. > >Defending free speech for others is how we defend free thinking for >ourselves. > >-- >Cheers, > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Aaron Reynolds > > > > That's part of why it's so important to let people talk about this > > stuff -- you get specifics that you can examine and attempt > > to counter. > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
