>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
You're right. Lets eliminate the right to free speech, free press, peaceable assemble and then establish a state religion. Peaceable assembly is already pretty well beat up on whenever the state deems necessary so I'm certain eliminating anti-war leaflets and books will be a great step forward. You must believe that, contrary to decades of evidence to the contrary, that eliminating a free press would only keep books advocating racism from being published. What with the US being such a progressive and peaceful nation I can see where you might come to that conclusion.
John Thornton