Re: Freedom Of Speech

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From: Pete Hardie
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 13:30

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In article <20567.9210021359@pyr.swan.ac.uk> iiitac@PYR.SWAN.AC.UK (Alan Cox) writes:
>go into a us army barracks and explain to them that you are gay, or a
>communist - thats censorship too, censorship by fear. Don't ever

Those are not speech issues - you can call yourself anything you like in an
army barracks, and (except in boot camp) nothing official can happen to you
unless you are proven to be such things.

Now, it is an ethical issue whether gays should be allowed in the military, but
not a free speech one.

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From: phardie@nastar.uucp (Pete Hardie)
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Subject: Re: Freedom Of Speech
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Date: 5 Oct 92 13:30:39 GMT
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