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Article #56Re: Was it right?
From: bt351
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:00
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Sean Vanderfluit (fluidd@vcn.bc.ca) wrote: : Theseus, Duke of Athens (NOSPAMjcarlisl@capcollege.bc.ca) wrote: (snip) : And you've just prooved that use of free speech should not be a : restriction on being foolish and self contradictory. That's why I won't : get my knickers in a not over your statement here. If freedom of speech : must be an "absolute" right, then libel laws (which you go on to support) : are a restriction of that absolute right. You yourself have conceded that : there must be limits on rights. Hate laws are no more a restriction on : free speech than libel laws. gee. i guess i should stifle the hernia i'm bound to get due to the laughing fit you've just induced. it would appear you are reserving the right to be in a condition of terminal foot in mouth. repeat after me "stating falsehoods about socio-cultural groups one has little exposure to induces those with similar (non) experiences to develop prejudices against that group". : As for the American First Amendment, we _do_ have the right to free speech : here. Just because we have different names for things up here in Canada : doesn't mean we don't have them. so do you reserve the right to state falsehoods? : *********************************************** : Proofread carefully to see if you any words out : *********************************************** cool. have you tried spellchecking as well, or has monoculturalism taken its toll? --
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103731,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103731,public X-Google-Thread: 113d91,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid113d91,public X-Google-Thread: 106cdd,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid106cdd,public X-Google-Thread: 1083bf,391f3d4344d926f7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1083bf,public From: bt351@torfree.net (bt351) Subject: Re: Was it right? Date: 1998/01/11 Message-ID: <EMn7KC.MyB.0.queen@torfree.net> X-Deja-AN: 315067658 References: <EMHL97.KA.0.bloor@torfree.net> <34B577C3.68B1@capcollege.bc.ca> <698ur5$hst@milo.vcn.bc.ca> Organization: Toronto Free-Net Newsgroups: torfree.general,van.general,bc.general,bc.politics