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Thread #58800   Message #935746
Posted By: Troll
17-Apr-03 - 09:45 PM
Thread Name: BS: Why are you for the war?
Subject: RE: BS: Why are you for the war?
Sorry. I meant the First Amendment of course and what I meant was precisely what Fred said. To expand on this a bit, I would oppose ANY governmental interference, as in , you can say what you like but we'll jail you for it.
By the same token, I'll defend anyones right to NOT buy a Dixie Twits -sorry, Chicks- CD or to refuse to attend a Tim Robbins movie. Or to vote for George Bush.
There is no guarantee of protection from the consequences of your speech unless those consequences involve someone else taking the law into their own hands to register their disapproval. Put another way, I can call Tim Robbins a slack-jawed idiot and refuse to invite him over for Bar B Que but if I go after him with a baseball bat, then I have stepped over the line.

troll