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[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  >>> helary at niji.or.jp 08/15/01 08:36AM >>>
>
>and they'd say that they have freedom of speech :)
>
>btw, does really _everybody_ in the us believe that f-o-s is the 
>sine qua non condition of 'true' democracy (maybe i am making this 
>up ?). today is the celebration of japan's surrender. there was a 
>meeting about 'remembering the atrocities of the war' in town and we 
>discussed the 'new history manual' for junior high schools and the 
>falacies it contains about japan's history. on the way back a man, 
>from the prefecture next door (ehime, from where the school boat 
>'ehime maru' that was sunk by a us sub came from) and he said 
>somewhere in the conversation "i'd die for anybody's f-o-s even if 
>that person is a fascist". and i thought for myself "i would not". 
>everywhere in the world, especially where they are free, fascists 
>have it _soooo_ easy that i really don't see what i would waste a 
>second of my time fighting for their right while i could fight for 
>the rights of the people they oppress.
>
>jc helary
>
>((((((((
>
>CB: Right on , J.C.  I'm with you on that. The person dying for 
>fascists' free of speech, would be dying do that fascists could 
>speak for destroying freedom of speech.

I doubt that any non- & anti-fascists have _literally died_ to defend 
fascists' right to freedom of speech & ever will.

Yoshie