>>> Jim heartfield <jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk> 03/15/00 01:59PM >>>
That's the problem with abrogating the absolutist position on freedom of speech. What you get is not a clear opposition to racism, but the rule of the courts over free speech, as matters of opinion are decided through legal process.
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CB: In case you didn't know it, an "absolutist" position on freedom of speech is also the rule of the courts over free speech. Somehow, freedom of speech absolutists think that it just falls out of the sky and is not administered by any part of the state. They pretend that they are not participating in the state when they declare "absolute" freedom of speech. Laws are not self-enforcing.
CB