To: kms61
Not recognizing that THEY will almost assuredly not be the ones drawing the line, and whoever IS in charge of line drawing will most likely draw it in a place these posters won't be too happy about. This issue is one of those "be careful what you wish for" deals.
Liberal claptrap. We elect people to perform all sorts of functions on our behalf, and who we expect to reflect our views and desires. It is no more difficult to achieve that goal with censorship, than it is for any other areas of civil law.
It is not necessary for me to give up any "freedom" in order to aviod having to live in the sewage of others. It was never my "right" to impose my sewage on others. So I am not relinquishing any rights in order to secure protection from theirs.
To: GSHastings
Just checking back to this thread - your comment about sewage reminded me of how I've tried (probably without success) to explain this same point to people who didn't get it (and probably don't WANT to get it!):
If people create a garbage dump, and you have to live in it, because they've thrown their filth everywhere, no matter how clean you keep your house and your person, you're going to have flies, rats, and stench, because OTHER people insist on distributing their garbage everywhere.
The filthy atmosphere that is being created by the so-called freedom of speech excuse for obscenity and pornography is inescapable. The stench is omnipresent.
74 posted on
04/24/2004 12:23:38 AM PDT by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
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