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[Joe Campbell]

If you think he's a 100% correct, you need to take a logic class too! Joe



On Jul 14, 2012, at 11:49 AM, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:

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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.
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>> Paul
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