From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Feb 24 0:38:33 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40A8537B401 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from digiflux.org (43.Red-80-59-151.pooles.rima-tde.net [80.59.151.43]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6E6A43F3F for ; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 00:38:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from olivas@digiflux.org) Received: from digiflux.org (sentinel [10.0.0.150]) by digiflux.org (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h1O8bTK6030097; Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:37:29 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <3E59D9F9.6090209@digiflux.org> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:38:17 +0100 From: Stacy Olivas User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20030208 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rob spellberg Cc: FreeBSD Chat Subject: Re: was this really necessary? References: <00bc01c2d93e$452d1f60$0502000a@sentinel> <4.3.2.7.2.20030221181620.01b7ded8@threespace.com> <20030222010251.Y318@ndhn.yna.cnyserzna.pbz> <3E56F25F.3B09AB9F@emailrob.com> <20030222204314.GA52476@jtn.cx> <3E598746.EE62B0FF@emailrob.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org rob spellberg wrote: >> >> >>>just think: if it wasn't for that pesky first amendment, >>> we could finally pass a meaningful "hate speech code". >>> >>> >>I really, REALLY, hope you are joking here. >> >>-- >>Jason T. Nelson http://www.jtn.cx/~jtn/ >> >> > > >yes, i am; > but you are not to blame for not being certain you recognized it. > >because i am not a frequent poster to this list, > readers do not have, as yet, > sufficient experience with my writing style > to be able to tell the difference. > >originally, i was making a distinction between rights and privileges. >privileges entail responsibilities; rights don't. > >i reserve, in perpetuity, a non-exclusive right to be wrong. > >------------------------------------------------------------------- > >because the concern you express is so important, > for the record, i am somewhere to the right of > [ in no particular order, some people who are well known ]: > > rush limbaugh, > charlton heston, > walter e. williams, > newt gingrich, > larry kudlow, > larry elder, > the late barry goldwater [ before he went off his nut ], > ann coulter, > matt drudge [ it's almost show time ], > sean hannity, > george will [ don't watch him anymore ], > laura ingraham, > peggy noonan, > the late barbara olson, > kellyanne conway, > "dick the butcher" [ a fictional character, just like candice bergen ], > brit hume, > fred barnes, > john mclaughlin, > armstrong williams, > oliver north, > glenn hubbard [ read the economic report of the president ], > lynne and dick cheney, > w and [ cue the choir ] > ronald reagan. > >protect the first ten amendments. >repeal the XVI, XVII, XXII and XXVI amendments. >cut spending. >cut taxes on net producers. >tax the freeloaders. >if immigrants want to come here to work, > let's find a way to make them all legal; > then they can't be exploited and > we can tax them just like all of the rest of us. >stake burning is too good for terrorists. >free trade is good. >world trade is good. >low tariffs are good. >growth is good. >going nuclear is a slap in the face to the oil sheiks. >my favorite sheik is the late sheik yerbouti. > >capitalism is the best means ever invented to > channel the natural ambition and aggression of males into > non-violent and socially productive pursuits. > >socialism produces freeloaders. > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >i could go on for pages, > but this should be sufficient to allay your fears. > > Here's a good quote that will probably sum up a lot of how people feel on this list: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" -Voltaire's biographer, describing his view of freedom of speech. -Stacy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message