[lbo-talk] The curse of literacy

[R]

we yanks aren't all alike, bill.   i must agree with jon that in the US the
first amendment is crucial.  nobody in their right mind, either in the US or
tasmania, advocates it be used for hate speech.  but that is a very nasty
price we pay for having free speech.

yes, our bill of rights has almost been eliminated; large portions of our
constitution have been perverted.  that's certainly not a priority of mine
or of anyone else i know.  tolerating free speech is not the cause of this
difficulty.  *not* tolerating free speech is one of the causes.

although "yank" isn't exactly a compliment where you come from, i have no
problem with you or anyone using it.

R

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Bartlett" <billbartlett at dodo.com.au>
To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The curse of literacy


: At 1:11 PM -0400 17/7/04, Jon Johanning wrote:
:
: >You guys in Oz are welcome to do whatever you like, but the First
: >Amendment in the U.S. is something I'm rather fond of, and would
: >hate to see trashed.
:
: I hope it is some consolation to you yanks that your freedom to
: incite racial hatred is held sacred, even though most of the other
: freedoms in the US Constitution have been practically eliminated.
: Your priorities astound me.
:
: Bill Bartlett
: Bracknell Tas
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