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To: theoverseer
My biggest problem with this is the twisting of the first amendment. The first amendment only gives us the right to speak against our government without being harmed for doing so. When it was written, if you spoke out against the king, you were imprisoned or dead. Over the decades, it's been used to cover a great many things it wasn't written for.
39 posted on 07/31/2003 9:54:42 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW ("I'm gonna need a hacksaw" - Jack Bauer)
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To: DJ MacWoW
My biggest problem with this is the twisting of the first amendment. The first amendment only gives us the right to speak against our government without being harmed for doing so.

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when was the last time you read the first amendment? Here it is for your reading pleasure.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Explain to me how you get to "The first amendment only gives us the right to speak against our government without being harmed for doing so."

57 posted on 07/31/2003 12:01:57 PM PDT by dmz (hoping this isnt over the top)
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