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echo: pol_inc
to: JOHN MASSEY
from: BOB KLAHN
date: 2010-11-19 13:03:04
subject: california propositions,

BK>>   He shouldn't be. Freedom of speech still allows for the refusal
 BK>>   to accept speech intended to be harmful.

 JM> What do you mean by refusal to accept speech intended to be
 JM> harmful? Does your  "refusal to accept" have anything to do
 JM> with preventing the speech in the first place?

 Depends on the speech. When it comes to calling on a mob to
 murder someone, most certainly yes.

 When it comes to merely derogatory or demeaning speech, the
 refusal to enable it, the refusal to convey it, and the active
 response of denouncing it, should be enough.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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