Monday, April 28, 2003

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Juan Gato has new look and puts into words what I tried but failed:

Freedom of Speech is: The right to say whatever your fool mouth wants to say without fear of any consequence.

Freedom of Speech is not: The right to criticize what anyone has said or to point out that their words prove they are a moron. In fact, this means you hate free speech.

Freedom of Speech, however, includes: The right, nay, the responsibility to criticize or call a moron anyone who criticized or called someone else a moron as long as that criticized criticism is criticizing an initial enactment of speech.

For example: Tim Robbins says something stupid. Under this understanding of free speech, those rights do not extend to allow me to say he said something stupid. But if I do say he said something stupid, then free speech rights are immediately re-invoked for someone else to call me stupid and a free speech hater for saying he is stupid.

Therefore, initial criticism of statements by others is an attack on free speech. Secondary criticisms of the initial criticisms are free speech in full flower and sniffle inducing bloom.

Everything clear now?


I like the look, it's not goth enough, like the day he want all Kaflooey but he's still posting.

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