1997-12-26 - Re: Freedom Forum report on the State of the First Amendment

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From: lord_buttmonkey@juno.com (Matthew L Bennett)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <19971226.145900.12766.0.Lord_Buttmonkey@juno.com>
Reply To: <Ty89He4w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-12-26 20:32:10 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 04:32:10 +0800

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From: lord_buttmonkey@juno.com (Matthew L Bennett)
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 04:32:10 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Freedom Forum report on the State of the First Amendment
In-Reply-To: <Ty89He4w165w@bwalk.dm.com>
Message-ID: <19971226.145900.12766.0.Lord_Buttmonkey@juno.com>
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On Thu, 25 Dec 97 01:02:28 EST dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
writes:
>lord_buttmonkey@juno.com (Matthew L Bennett) writes:
>>
>> Umm, no, freedom doesn't work like that.  If you open a *private*
>> establishment, you have the right, according to the constitution, to 
>deny
>> *anyone* the right to enter or eat in your restraunt.
>
>Tell that to Denney's restaurants. (No, not in the United Fascist
>States of Amerika you can't.)

Hmmm...

Apologies.  In *theory* you have those rights, on *paper*, you have those
rights, but in *practice*, you're correct, the Government has power that
it gleefully abuses, forcing others to comply w/ political correctness.

I'd like some more info on this Denny's thing.






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