On 11/15/2010 9:34 PM, BOB KLAHN -> JOHN MASSEY wrote:


 BK>>>>> I believe in freedom of speech, even when I don't agree with
 BK>>>>> what is said, which puts me one freedom up on the Tea Party.

 JM>>>> Then why do you ban people from your echos for what they say?

 BA>>> Because he owns them and can do anything he bloody well pleases in
 BK> them.

 JM>> I know he owns them and can do anything he bloody well
 JM>> pleases in them. The question is WHY he bans people for
 JM>> what they say while at the same time falsely claiming to
 JM>> defend freedom of speech.

 BK> Do you defend the right to shout theatre at a crowded fire?

Do you claim most people read their mail in a crowded fire?
Anyway your example is not one of someone being intimidated, rather someone
creating a public hazard. Huge difference.

 BK> Would you want to punch out someone who called a woman you cared
 BK> about a whore?

Yes, that or just shoot that someone. That would be my response. But that
fool still had his right to say what they said.

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