At 4:51 PM -0400 4/13/01, Louis_Schmier wrote:
>Well, the real test of a comittment to a right such as free speech is to
>defend its exercise when you disagree with the content of the expression.
>Support of a right applauds the right, not necessarily the manner in which
>it is used or its ends.
But something about the right to shout "fire!" in a crowded theatre?
>And understand that free speech is not synonomous
>with agreed speech or comfortable speech. Were it to be otherwise, there
>would be no dissent. There would have been no abolionist movement, no
>suffragette movement, no civil rights movement, no labor movement, etc,
>etc, etc
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>Make it a good day.
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> --Louis--
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