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To: WackyKat
How do you come up with such stuff? This hurts freedom no more than the inability to yell "fire" in a crowded theater.

And it implements a power granted to Congress WITHIN the constitution so how could that "hurt" the constitution?
838 posted on 12/10/2003 10:25:37 AM PST by justshutupandtakeit (America's Enemies foreign and domestic agree: Bush must be destroyed.)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
This hurts freedom no more than the inability to yell "fire" in a crowded theater.

You're a blind fool, and I will be reminding you of this sentence someday.

855 posted on 12/10/2003 10:30:51 AM PST by hellinahandcart
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To: justshutupandtakeit
And it implements a power granted to Congress WITHIN the constitution...

You suggest that Congress was granted the power to abridge the freedom of speech, and of the press. Tell us: when, exactly, was the 1st Amendment repealed?

;>)

856 posted on 12/10/2003 10:31:41 AM PST by Who is John Galt? ("The founders DID NOT campaign nor run ads attacking their opponents" - justshutupandtakeit 12/10/03)
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To: justshutupandtakeit
This hurts freedom no more than the inability to yell "fire" in a crowded theater.

People are not permitted to falsely yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater because it would cause a stampede and result in death or injury. O.K. I can follow that.

Congress has now made it illegal for advocacy groups to place ads w/in 60 days of an election which are supportive of a candidate or critical of a candidate. O.K. ...and the compelling reason for such a restriction on political speech is......stampede? no. Mayhem? no. Protection of incumbents? Bingo.

Yeah, I guess your right it's the same principal. /sarcasm

872 posted on 12/10/2003 10:36:06 AM PST by San Jacinto
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To: justshutupandtakeit
How do you come up with such stuff? This hurts freedom no more than the inability to yell "fire" in a crowded theater.

And it implements a power granted to Congress WITHIN the constitution so how could that "hurt" the constitution?

I'll just let your comments stand as the sterling example of obtuseness and ignorance that they are.

873 posted on 12/10/2003 10:36:58 AM PST by WackyKat
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