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Old 11-12-2010, 01:33 PM   #291
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And kennyc: I understand when you say "YOU do not get to decide!" But don't we really? We elect these people upholding our laws, we vote to make these laws, and we decide as a people, how we want our society to be.

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YOU as an individual do not get to decide. You as a citizen have rights (just as does the author of the book under discussion and just as Amazon as a corporate citizen) and one of those rights is to participate in the legislative process and to vote. Now if new legislation is brought to a vote, then yes, you get your vote. If that legislation should pass then it will be signed into law up to and including amendments to the Constitution. But no, you personally do not get to decide what can and cannot be published or offered for sale other than for items you yourself create, publish, or offer for sale.
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