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jik@security.ov.com (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>
>The protesters are exercising THEIR right to free speech by protesting Clay
>and The Comedy Connection.  They are not asking the government to ban Clay's
>performances or to shut down The Comedy Connection.  What they are doing is
>trying to convince The Comedy Connection that enough people are offended by
>Clay's brand of humor that hosting him will be bad for their business.

I wholeheartedly agree!  We can quibble about what exactly is or isn't in
your or my opinion a violation of the letter or spirit of the First
Amendenment, but that's not the goal here.

The real issue is that there's a person spouting opinions that we don't
agree with and it's best to use any means whatsoever to have him silenced!
(It's not important to look at the process or the implications of such
silencing; the ends justifies the means.  The public experiment with Free
Speech has gone far enough, thank you.)  And I thank God in heaven above that
we have such upstanding citizens like the REAL MEN organization to protect
the poor defenseless women in our society from dirty words and unpleasant
thoughts Mr. Clay has a history of perpetrating.

What's important here is to NOT allow people who disagree with our view on
the world to have an opportunity to present their ideas in any forum
whether it be in the press, on the nets, in academia or even in court if
we can fenagle it!  Open discussion just leads to a disturbing diversity
of opinions on any one topic; if we could only get back to the 1950's
where we all though as one -- there'd be less crime, less problems, less
wasted effort.  Free Speech has got to go!

  - John "ACLU" Cooley