Re: Free Speech (was Re: BARBARA AMERO COMPLAINTS !!!!!!)

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From: Cameron Neumann
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 00:00

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On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:55:51 GMT, nospam@sickofspam.com wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:17:23 +0000, Derek Wiliis <DEW007@unl.ac.uk>
>wrote:
>
>>I have to agree with sheila, free speech is a constitutional right
>>within America.
>
>And if we were in America, the American constitution would indeed
>apply.

and Larry Phillips wrote:

>However, we do not have free speech in Canada. Some speech that isn't
>nice, falls under a variety of laws (see the statutes of 'hate
>literature' for an example.

Don't make the mistake of assuming that just because a right is
recognized by only one or a few countries that it only applies to
citizens of those countries. There are many rights that are man's by
his nature (re Locke). If a government or state doesn't recognize it
it doesn't mean their citizens don't have it, it means it is being
suppressed.

The best way of dealing with people like Barbara isn't to deny them a
soapbox (they'll just scream about that to), it's to deny them an
audience, ie use your killfile.

Cameron

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From: cneumann@mts.net (Cameron Neumann)
Subject: Re: Free Speech (was Re: BARBARA AMERO COMPLAINTS  !!!!!!)
Date: 1998/01/24
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