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To: rogerv
Well, the freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say anything you want to say with out any reprocussions.

You can yell "fire" in a crowded auditorium, but is it wise to do it?

Freedoms are only for those that can handle the responcibility.

348 posted on 12/10/2004 11:02:00 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? Freepmail Visualops or myself for details)
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To: Zavien Doombringer
Well, the freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say anything you want to say with out any reprocussions.

You can yell "fire" in a crowded auditorium, but is it wise to do it?

Freedoms are only for those that can handle the responcibility.

The problem with leftists, particularly on the gun control issue, is that they want to apply duct tape to the mouths of every theater-goer to remedy the problem of falsely shouting "fire" in a crowded auditorium, and maybe people who pass background checks can get a government-issued card exempting them from the universal mouth duct-taping by the ushers.

It's called "prior restraint," and it's inimical to a free society.

364 posted on 12/10/2004 11:07:46 AM PST by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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