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[Wayne Price]

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On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> That "pro-spousal abuse song" was . . . ?
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
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> - Unknown
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> On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:49, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:
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>> Paul,
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>> YOU are 100% right  about this!  It all has to be placed in  
>> CONTEXT!  Amazing how many people commented about this one and  
>> haven't seen it.
>> And talk about a tempest in a tea pot!
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>> Let me give you an example. Today there is splashed in Vision 2020,  
>> a musical group that was at the Farmers Market, and when I was  
>> passing by they were singing a song that
>> could be considered to be a "pro-spousal abuse" song. I don't see  
>> any gnashing of teeth or renting of cloth over that one!
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>> On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:
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>>> We're talking about a historical display in which the use of a  
>>> flag from that time period simply as a prop makes sense.  Do you  
>>> think it was the intent of the historical society to offend people  
>>> who... are easily offended by this symbol?
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>>> You seem to be arguing that we shouldn't, for example, show an  
>>> image of a swastika on a web page that explains what the swastika  
>>> is.  Are these images *so* offensive that we need to eradicate  
>>> them from our society completely?  If so, how do you plan on  
>>> getting every single person on-board with this?
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>>> I just think that the right not to be offended is subordinate to  
>>> the right to free expression.  Of course, we're talking about the  
>>> Courthouse here which brings in different issues, I realize.  But  
>>> generally, I think this is true.
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>>> I'll leave it to the historical society or whoever it was that put  
>>> up this display to defend it's educational value.
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>>> I just don't understand the vehemence here.  I get offended  
>>> occasionally by things I see on TV or signs or the occasional  
>>> commercial or advertisement I run across.  When that happens, I  
>>> shake my head at their foolishness, recognize that people have  
>>> other viewpoints and the right to express them, and move on  
>>> without creating a big stink about it.  In my opinion, if  
>>> everybody did that we'd live in a much less confrontational and  
>>> less divisive world.
>>>
>>> Paul
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