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To: quidnunc
Now i know what you are talking about. Take a look at our history. There´s no room here anymore for organised fascism. Yes this is a restriction to my freedom of speech but i think i´ll accept this one. This restriction dates back to the time when everyone hated us for what we had done to the jews. At that time it was necessary to take a stand against such elements in our society. If we remove it, everyone would think we forgot what happened.

btw could you please stop calling me Fritzl? I know you have your freedom of speech. It´s just a matter of politeness.
29 posted on 11/12/2003 1:50:55 PM PST by DeinBabbes
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To: DeinBabbes
DeinBabbes wrote: Now i know what you are talking about. Take a look at our history. There´s no room here anymore for organised fascism. Yes this is a restriction to my freedom of speech but i think i´ll accept this one. This restriction dates back to the time when everyone hated us for what we had done to the jews. At that time it was necessary to take a stand against such elements in our society. If we remove it, everyone would think we forgot what happened. btw could you please stop calling me Fritzl? I know you have your freedom of speech. It´s just a matter of politeness.

The point is that this time the restrictions on speech apply to those advocating fascism, but what kind of speech will the next restrictions prohibit… and the next… and the next?

This is what's called a slippery slope; once you start down it it's impossible to go back.

As for politness, you'll find that in the dictionary between "piss" and "puke".

Europeans are not highly-esteemed by most here on Free Republic because we've finally figured out where you Euros are coming from and we now consider "Old Europe" — the chocolate makers and cuckoo-clock tinkerers — to be beneath our contempt.

You've irritated one of the most veteran flame warriors on this forum, namely me, and — to paraphrase Harry Truman — if you can't stand the heat then get out of the kitchen.

30 posted on 11/12/2003 2:12:07 PM PST by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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