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Re: Tim Robbins "Countering a Wave of Hate"
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Sat, 19 Apr 2003 00:04:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Costello writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
"Countering a Wave of Hate"
http://www.alternet.org/print.html?StoryID=15673

-- Hop-Frog

What a whiner, I fully agree that death threats and attacks on his children
are uncalled for, but freedom of speach is not free. You are free to say
whatever you like, but you are not free from the consequences of your words.

Precisely. Well said, Scott.

But Mr. Robbins isn't a deep enough thinker to understand what you (and
others) are telling him. He'd rather just whine about how now everyone is
out to get him. I don't see HIM standing up to defend the rights of others
to speak freely on what they believe.



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  Re: Tim Robbins "Countering a Wave of Hate"
 
(...) Ah, the true colors show at last. What media does a voice of dissent have access to when people are worried about how to feed themselves when the likes of Clear Channel and Fox control what they may say? You're saying it's okay for people to (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Tim Robbins "Countering a Wave of Hate"
 
(...) Oh? He is not? I suppose you are smarter than him? Because, as far as I know, Mr. Robbins is a respected person in Holywood precisely because he is a very intelligent and smart person. If you can threat people because of what they say, then (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Tim Robbins "Countering a Wave of Hate"
 
(...) What a whiner, I fully agree that death threats and attacks on his children are uncalled for, but freedom of speach is not free. You are free to say whatever you like, but you are not free from the consequences of your words. When Mr. Robbins (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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