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To: Petronski; jmstein7
I highly recommend Robert Bork's writing in The New Criterion and elsewhere. One thing I think he does very well is provide the "antidote" for certain phrases and ideas that are more popular than they are true. One example is Justice Holmes' marketplace of ideas. Some in this thread have said "you can't argue with that". Ah but you can. Calm down, of course Bork's point is not to diss Free Speech. It is to expose unhelpful dogma.

Another example: John Stuart Mill's writings on liberty are loved by libertarians and liberals. But they are flawed. If anyone is interested, I will elaborate.

212 posted on 05/16/2004 3:25:44 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: NutCrackerBoy

"Another example: John Stuart Mill's writings on liberty are loved by libertarians and liberals. But they are flawed. If anyone is interested, I will elaborate."

That would be good, but not in this thread.

And Bork on the law is always welcome.


380 posted on 05/16/2004 7:02:19 PM PDT by WOSG (http://freedomstruth.blogspot.com - I salute our brave fallen.)
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