Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:38:17 +0100 From: Stacy Olivas <olivas@digiflux.org> To: rob spellberg <emailrob@emailrob.com> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: was this really necessary? Message-ID: <3E59D9F9.6090209@digiflux.org> References: <00bc01c2d93e$452d1f60$0502000a@sentinel> <4.3.2.7.2.20030221181620.01b7ded8@threespace.com> <20030222010251.Y318@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> <3E56F25F.3B09AB9F@emailrob.com> <20030222204314.GA52476@jtn.cx> <3E598746.EE62B0FF@emailrob.com>
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rob spellberg wrote: <snip> >> >> >>>just think: if it wasn't for that pesky first amendment, >>> we could finally pass a meaningful "hate speech code". >>> >>> >>I really, REALLY, hope you are joking here. >> >>-- >>Jason T. Nelson <jtn@jtn.cx> http://www.jtn.cx/~jtn/ >> >> > > >yes, i am; > but you are not to blame for not being certain you recognized it. > >because i am not a frequent poster to this list, > readers do not have, as yet, > sufficient experience with my writing style > to be able to tell the difference. > >originally, i was making a distinction between rights and privileges. >privileges entail responsibilities; rights don't. > >i reserve, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive right to be wrong. > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >because the concern you express is so important, > for the record, i am somewhere to the right of > [ in no particular order, some people who are well known ]: > > rush limbaugh, > charlton heston, > walter e. williams, > newt gingrich, > larry kudlow, > larry elder, > the late barry goldwater [ before he went off his nut ], > ann coulter, > matt drudge [ it's almost show time ], > sean hannity, > george will [ don't watch him anymore ], > laura ingraham, > peggy noonan, > the late barbara olson, > kellyanne conway, > "dick the butcher" [ a fictional character, just like candice bergen ], > brit hume, > fred barnes, > john mclaughlin, > armstrong williams, > oliver north, > glenn hubbard [ read the economic report of the president ], > lynne and dick cheney, > w and [ cue the choir ] > ronald reagan. > >protect the first ten amendments. >repeal the XVI, XVII, XXII and XXVI amendments. >cut spending. >cut taxes on net producers. >tax the freeloaders. >if immigrants want to come here to work, > let's find a way to make them all legal; > then they can't be exploited and > we can tax them just like all of the rest of us. >stake burning is too good for terrorists. >free trade is good. >world trade is good. >low tariffs are good. >growth is good. >going nuclear is a slap in the face to the oil sheiks. >my favorite sheik is the late sheik yerbouti. > >capitalism is the best means ever invented to > channel the natural ambition and aggression of males into > non-violent and socially productive pursuits. > >socialism produces freeloaders. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >i could go on for pages, > but this should be sufficient to allay your fears. > > Here's a good quote that will probably sum up a lot of how people feel on this list: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" -Voltaire's biographer, describing his view of freedom of speech. -Stacy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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