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Article #77Re: Was it right?
From: Larry Phillips
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:00
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 00:00
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Arlo Smith wrote:
>
> : >Free speech must be an absolute right....
>
> If it were an absolute right, then, for example, slander and libel
> would no longer be criminal offenses.
Slander and libel are not now, nor have they ever been 'criminal
offenses'.
> What you say can do harm, so what you're really asking for is the
> freedom to do people harm by speech.
No, he isn't.
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