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To: Seven Minute Maniac
MEGoody, the law doesn’t agree with you.

Are you saying that just because something is law, that makes it good and right? I just want to know what your stance really is so I can remember it when you start complaining about some law passed by the liberals. ;)

161 posted on 03/24/2008 2:55:25 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: MEGoody

>>Are you saying that just because something is law, that makes it good and right?<<

I am with you. I would not agree with that sentence. I often say “what is legal is not necessarily moral, and what is moral is not necessarily legal.”

Based on that statement, I believe there is nothing whatsoever immoral about CL. Now, if they were manually setting the type for the ads, I would have a different opinion. They are simply providing, at no cost, the rooftop from which anyone can shout whatever they want. It is up to the citizens to determine whether or not to listen to the individual and, if it is slander or an incitement for others to do harm, then additional rules apply. But at no time does the owner of the rooftop bear responsibility unless he publicly supported the person, either by giving him access to the roof that others did not have (and even then, specifically because they were in agreement) or otherwise publicly supports the words.

You can shoot the messanger but you can shoot the maker of the paper the message was written on.


172 posted on 03/24/2008 3:13:14 PM PDT by RobRoy (I'm confused. I mean, I THINK I am, but I'm not sure. But I could be wrong about that.)
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