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to: Richard B.
from: John Cuccia
date: 2003-03-05 14:34:00
subject: Re: Freedom of Speech?

From: John Cuccia 

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 15:25:27 -0500, Richard B.  wrote:

>On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 15:18:30 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
> wrote:
>
>>One should not be arrested for peaceful protest.
>
>Not in a public place for wearing a tee shirt, I would agree. But as
>it's been pointed out and as reported in the article, that appears not
>to be the case.

One should not be asked to leave a public place because the ignorant
renta-cops don't like the political statement made by one's clothing. Those
guys were way out of line.

And while I wouldn't extrapolate from those two to the *entire* country, I
think they accurately reflect a nasty tendency to excoriate those who
aren't 100% behind the latest flag-waving and jingoism.

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