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To: Texas Fossil

The whole point of the First Amendment was to allow people like this killer to redress his grievances in public debate - and even allow for political parties to form that would be (at least nominally) anti-immigration, if immigration was becoming a problem.

Not true in Norway (and much of Europe). Try to debate the issue and you get thrown in front of judges and often jailed for “hate crimes”, which are really thought crimes in these cases. Without open debate, people resort to other means.

God help us if we lose the ability to debate immigration in this country - that will be the one SURE SIGN that our days as a free country are numbered.


11 posted on 07/24/2011 11:25:03 AM PDT by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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To: BobL
The whole point of the First Amendment was to allow people like this killer to redress his grievances in public debate - and even allow for political parties to form that would be (at least nominally) anti-immigration, if immigration was becoming a problem.

People outside the USA really struggle with the way we "allow" groups like the KKK and neonazis to exist. The fact is that they will exist whether we allow it or not. Its better to let them spew stupidity in the town square than plot in the dark.

There is another issue that I haven't heard addressed and that's the taxpayer funded religion in Norway. It appears that at least some church officials are appointed by government among other things we would never accept in America.

Church of Norway (pdf file)
13 posted on 07/24/2011 11:37:45 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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