1997-12-24 - Re: SPECIAL REPORT: Censorware in the Stacks

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From: berezina@qed.net (Paul Spirito)
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-12-24 03:33:49 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:33:49 +0800

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From: berezina@qed.net (Paul Spirito)
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 11:33:49 +0800
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: SPECIAL REPORT: Censorware in the Stacks
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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 21:15:42 -0700, Tim May wrote:

>If the state-as-employer insists that English be spoken in offices, is this
>an infringement of First Amendment rights in even remotely the same way as
>if the state-as-sovereign illegalized the speaking of Portugese in Texas
>(or anyplace else that was not a state-as-employer office)?

But you seem to have gone beyond this to advocate that the State be able --
without 1A restrictions -- to forbid the speaking of Portuguese anywhere on
public property, even by private citizens. 

Paul






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