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Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.43.0304210905530.12140-100000@tundra.winternet.com>
From: dufresne at winternet.com (Ron DuFresne)
Subject: RE: [ISN] DARPA pulls OpenBSD funding
On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, Ed Carp wrote:
> > > Free speech means the government cannot put you in jail for the
> > things you say
> > > or believe.
> >
> > I disagree. I have no way to know what the current legal definition of
> > free speech is, or to what point the first ammendment has currently been
> > eroded. It says something to the effect of "Congress shall make no law"
> > ... "abridging the freedom of speech..."
>
> It doesn't matter if you disagree or not - Congress and the Supreme Court
> get todecide what 'free speech" is, not you or I or anyone else on this
> list.
>
> > I was taught that what that means is that my government doesn't get to
> > limit what I say about my government.
>
> Then you were taught incorrectly.
>
Then it has to be asked, what would have been the *correct* teaching on
this?
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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