To: IowaHawk
"Should Washington Post Military Analyst William Arkin Be Beaten Like the Repulsive Sack of Sh*t He Is?"
No - incredibly offensive, fundamentally mindless drivel is still free speech. But Arkin should be recognized for his lack of coherence, logic, and basic decency.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
"...incredibly offensive, fundamentally mindless drivel is still free speech." Giving aid and comfort to the enemy is not.
14 posted on
02/02/2007 9:49:03 AM PST by
Joe 6-pack
(Voted Free Republic's Most Eligible Bachelor: 2006. Love them Diebold machines.)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
No - incredibly offensive, fundamentally mindless drivel is still free speech. But Arkin should be recognized for his lack of coherence, logic, and basic decency.Read the whole debate; this is discussed. As long as the beating is administered by private individuals with privately-supplied tire irons, it's not a government infringement of free speech. The First Amendment provides no protection from non-governmental beatings.
18 posted on
02/02/2007 10:18:05 AM PST by
xjcsa
(Ecotards annoy me.)
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