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"The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away.
You're
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born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something
you
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assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree
to
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which you resist is the degree to which you are free..." <br>
— <a
href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/768960.Utah_Phillips"
class="authorNameRegular">Utah Phillips</a><br>
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Dave<br>
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On 12/12/2010 01:46 PM, Paul Rumelhart wrote:
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And I'm not just talking about Freedom of Speech as codified in the Bill
of Rights. That's only there to keep our government from trampling on
freedom of expression, which is a right we all have regardless of the
Bill of Rights.
If this discussion had nothing to do with freedom of expression, then
the topics would change from "violent rhetoric" and "this offends me" to
"secularism doesn't have to be the enemy of Christian thought" and
"exactly what is secularism and why does it frighten them so".
You see what I'm sayin'?
Paul
Tom Hansen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Paul Rumelhart stated:
"I think the freedom of an individual or group of individuals to express
themselves is sacrosanct. The freedom to express your opinion should be
held dearly by everyone, if they want to live in a free society."
Nobody is arguing against NSA's right to speak or their right to post
comments on their website.
Nick Gier and Joe Campbell are merely argiung that the statements made by
NSA are inappropriate, analagous to those complaints made here on the Viz
(and a local blahg) against those of us who express our displeasure with a
certain local un-pastor.
New Saint Andrews College and its "management" are free to post whatever
commentary they like. Just as each of us has the right to evaluate the
appropriateness of those comments.
Yasee what I'm sayin'?
Now, I may be going out on a limb here by suggesting that there are some
Viz subscribers that feel less than thrilled by comments I have made, and
they have every right to express their displeasure. Many of them have.
And in the future many more will.
And yet life goes on.
Seeya round town, Moscow.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."
- Unknown
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