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unzip it and listen. Gore claims he took the inititave in creating the internet. Salon is a Pro-Democrat publication. They always try to spin stuff their way.
Caveat. Im voting strait Libertarian.
The federal goverment is given the power to defend our country, negotiate treaties with other nations, and regulate trade between the states. All other power is reserved to the states by the 10th amendment. The feds havent followed this since before the civil war. But no one cares, we just give more and more of our freedom and responsibility to the government so they can take care of us from cradle to grave.
>>>Aside: It's funny how racism only runs rampant in the one country that considers 'racial hatred' to be a protected, inalienable civil right
Actually, acts of racial hatred are illegal. But the thought of the government regulating speech of ANY kind is scary. Do you really believe that the governenment should control what people SAY or THINK? If someone wants to be a racist in their hear, how does one enforce laws concerning that? It would be the Salem witch trials all over again. I may disagree with the racist speech, but i would die to defend someones right to say or think as they see fit just as i would die to defend YOUR right to disagree and rebutt thier stupid ideas and beliefs.
What happens when one day a form of speech near and dear to you becomes labeled as "hatered" or "unacceptable"? Thought and speech have to be protected as an INALIENABLE right no matter how much we may disagree with what is being said. Why is it that everyone who chants on about their rights to display nudity or speech or whatever they may personally like in the name of "personal freedom" yet those same people always want the government to control the speech and thought of those who disagee with them? I agree with you that it is the responsibility of parents to raise their children, but your other comments are the epitomy of hypocicy. You complain about "puritan ethics" then say that a persons right to think or speak as they see fit shouldnt be an inaleinable right.
I just wish that everyone who thinks we should have "hate crime" laws and "hate speech" laws would stop for a second and think it through logically instead of emotionally. If the government can regulate Klan speech then it can regulate ANYONES speech. You should read 1984 sometime.
Selfgov.org "Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst- an intolerable one."--Thomas Paine
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Al Gore MP3 quotes unzip it and listen. Gore claims he took the inititave in creating the internet. Salon is a Pro-Democrat publication. They always try to spin stuff their way. Caveat. Im voting strait Libertarian.
The federal goverment is given the power to defend our country, negotiate treaties with other nations, and regulate trade between the states. All other power is reserved to the states by the 10th amendment. The feds havent followed this since before the civil war. But no one cares, we just give more and more of our freedom and responsibility to the government so they can take care of us from cradle to grave.
Actually, acts of racial hatred are illegal. But the thought of the government regulating speech of ANY kind is scary. Do you really believe that the governenment should control what people SAY or THINK? If someone wants to be a racist in their hear, how does one enforce laws concerning that? It would be the Salem witch trials all over again. I may disagree with the racist speech, but i would die to defend someones right to say or think as they see fit just as i would die to defend YOUR right to disagree and rebutt thier stupid ideas and beliefs.
What happens when one day a form of speech near and dear to you becomes labeled as "hatered" or "unacceptable"? Thought and speech have to be protected as an INALIENABLE right no matter how much we may disagree with what is being said. Why is it that everyone who chants on about their rights to display nudity or speech or whatever they may personally like in the name of "personal freedom" yet those same people always want the government to control the speech and thought of those who disagee with them? I agree with you that it is the responsibility of parents to raise their children, but your other comments are the epitomy of hypocicy. You complain about "puritan ethics" then say that a persons right to think or speak as they see fit shouldnt be an inaleinable right.
I just wish that everyone who thinks we should have "hate crime" laws and "hate speech" laws would stop for a second and think it through logically instead of emotionally. If the government can regulate Klan speech then it can regulate ANYONES speech. You should read 1984 sometime.
Selfgov.org "Government is at best a necessary evil, at worst- an intolerable one."--Thomas Paine