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Re: Dice-Man Protest

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From: Mark J. Thomas
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 17:15
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In article <2gg6r8$pqh@homer.cs.mcgill.ca>,
chuckies@cs.mcgill.ca (Charles J Savoie) writes:

: In article <MTHOMAS.94Jan4234050@csa.bu.edu>,
: Mark J. Thomas <mthomas@cs.bu.edu> wrote:
:->
:->It's like telling you you can't rent a movie to watch in your home
:->cause it has violence against women in it. gimme a break.

: Oh yeah?  Try making a film about someone who goes around only
: killing women.  90 minutes of a man pumping lead into women, and
: only women.  Have him get away with it at the end, laughing.  Then
: see if it wouldn't get banned, or at least theatres threatened
: into not showing it anywhere.

: Charles

: PS: I would likely not enjoy such a film, but I still wouldn't ban
: it.
: -- 
: -- Why, with all the problems of the world,
:    do we worry about the colour of margarine? --

okay, good point. I took my argument a little too far. :)
but my point was, if you don't want to see him, don't go. yeah, blame
the bill of rights, but it _is_ his right to say what he wants ( with
some form of discretion -i.e. only at privately owned clubs.), and as
obnoxious as he may be, we can't take that away from him.

-mark
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Subject: Re: Dice-Man Protest
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