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Larry Phillips <larryp@bc.rogers.wave.ca> wrote:

>Sheila Paterson wrote:
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>> Everyone has the right to free speech no matter how obnoxious,
>> offensive, fascist or boring.

>Perhaps you meant 'Everyone should have the right to free speech....'.

That's what I meant, but it rather screws up the rest of the argument.
;-)  I'm used to preaching to the converted.

>In Canada, it is clearly illegal to say certain things, most of which
>do tend to be offensive (at least to some), fascist, or even boring.

I know and I disagree with those laws.

>> What one doesn't have is the right to keep someone from speaking.

>Has someone done that recently? Are you by any chance referring to CCN?

No.  I was responding to earl buchan who said:

I agree, if amero or black want to spew forth their particular brand
of fascism, let them do so in their own newsgroup.  i grow tired of
the same old flavour of posts that these two individuals choose to
attach themselves to.

I was attempting to point out that it's wrong to silence other people.
Perhaps I was over-reacting, but he was suggesting they go off to
their own little "fascist" ghetto.

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