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Re: Schpiffkraft Hakenkreuz
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:56:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Nick Kappatos wrote:
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Actually, “Freedom of speech is there” because it was amended to the US
Constitution in the Bill of Rights. It’s not there specifically to protect
what someone may find offensive.
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On the contrary--the only speech that requires protection is that which
society-at-large finds suitable for censorship.
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Besides, not all speech is protected. Look up “slander” some time.
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Unless you’re equating “offensive” artistic expression with slander, this point
is irrelevant. Likewise, arguments about “yelling fire in a theater” are
irrelevant until the display of artistic creations can be shown to have a
similiarly immediate, urgent, and dangerous effect.
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Here’s the Free Speech Question of the Day: If all speech is free, can
members of NAMBLA organize in front of a day care center? Should they? Even
you must draw the line somewhere.
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If they are a non-illegal organization and they meet on public property while
creating no disturbance, on what basis would you restrict their right to
assemble peaceably?
Dave!
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| (...) I don't believe that speech was included at the time of the BoR for society-at-large censorship, but rather protection from vengeful governing bodies like royalty or Congress. As I stated earlier, there were no neo-nazis in the late 18th (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Just because one should be free to speak their mind, doesn't mean that should be able to at the expense of other's pursuit of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness, which is the basic premise of the Constitution. We "bother with it" because (...) (19 years ago, 9-Aug-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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