On Friday 01 December 2006 03:23, Jim Schuler wrote:
I don't see removing libel as censorship -- libel falls under the
category
of "crying fire in a crowded theatre when
there is no fire", thus it is
not
free speech as intended by any constitution that
allows free speech.
The US Constitution does not "allow" free speech.
I'd be mighty pissed off if any government got so uppity as to think it
had
the authority to "allow" free speech.
Free speech is my birthright as a human being--I do not need to be
"allowed"
to speak freely; I am entitled to do so by the mere fact of my existence!
--
Kurt Weber
<kmw(a)armory.com>
In an abstract sense you are absolutely correct. In a Realpolitik sense,
no.