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Thread #113080   Message #2399542
Posted By: Rapparee
28-Jul-08 - 12:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: responding to 'hate speech'
Subject: RE: BS: responding to 'hate speech'
Free speech is free only until it impinges upon the rights of others. You cannot shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater if there is no fire -- see the decision by the US Supreme Court back in the 19th Century. I think Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr. wrote the decision.