From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 93 17:17:15 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Disruptive members
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>I have seen a man arrested ostensibly for "disturbing the peace", who was
>actually just giving a speech.  The charges were thrown out.  If you don't
>like free speech,  don't log in.  The U.S. Constitution and the Declaration
>of Independence state very clearly that our form of government is based on
>the recognition of human rights,  not responsibilities.  You might be able
>to find a system more to your liking in China or North Korea for a little
>while longer.

There is little I less enjoy seeing than the spectacle of someone who has
never actually bothered to find out what the Bill of Rights says and what
it means blathering about "free speech".

Mr. Wilson: does my right to free speech entitle me to come into your
living room and demand that you provide me with a podium and a megaphone in
furtherance of my expressing my opinion?

If you think it doesn't, then you have no cause for complaint.  If, on the
other hand, you think it _does_, then I've done you a grave misservice by
mistaking you for nothing more than an uninformed chowderhead.  You would
constitute, at the very least, a full-blown loon.

>After all the speech criminals are rounded up, what next?  Got any ethnic
>groups in mind?

That's low.  Or, to be more precise, on a par with the rest of your little
screed.


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