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To: BenR2
Why do you deny Chick the right to rant as strongly for his view, as you do for yours?

The REAL answer: only truth has rights.

That's the shortest version of the answer, but it is akin to the "yelling FIRE in a crowded theatre" obiter dicta regardint the First Amendment.

It is also the basis for tort actions on libels and slanders.

THus, while Jack Chick may have cojones, he must also tell the truth--or he has no rights.

243 posted on 12/19/2002 9:02:29 PM PST by ninenot
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To: ninenot
The REAL answer: only truth has rights.

That's the shortest version of the answer, but it is akin to the "yelling FIRE in a crowded theatre" obiter dicta regardint the First Amendment.

It is also the basis for tort actions on libels and slanders. THus, while Jack Chick may have cojones, he must also tell the truth--or he has no rights.

Yes. And, from what I can tell, you and others in this forum apparently have few moral quibbles about slandering Chick and other evangelicals.

Your post, boiled down seems to be saying: Catholics have freedom to preach their doctrines. All others are immoral.

The spirit of the Inquisition lives on.

246 posted on 12/19/2002 9:33:32 PM PST by BenR2
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To: ninenot
The REAL answer: only truth has rights.

Because the Truth is a Person.

269 posted on 12/20/2002 8:48:58 AM PST by Romulus
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