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Originally Posted by kennyc
Certain specific actions that might otherwise be free speech are specifically outlined as breaking OTHER laws. Things like slander and libel.
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And apparently others as well or a subpoena wouldn't have been issued by the courts. Granted, it may be overturned later, but for right now there are legal minds who believe a crime has been committed. He hasn't been arrested for what he
said. He has been arrested for what he
did... or at least what the courts say he did.
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As I said above I may not agree with what this book is about but provided it is legal to publish I will defend it with my life because not to is to throw away everything we hold dear as Citizens of the U.S.A.
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We already did. Have you ordered you U.S. Passport Card yet?
The I.D. card that we will soon be required by law to carry? Please check into it. There is a 3 month wait to get them right now. This is not a passport. It's an I.D. card. It's being kept quite low key, but the first action has already been through the House. I'm afraid we gave up most of those rights with the passage of the Patriot Act, including our most precious of rights, the Right to Due Process, and Freedom from Random Search and Seizure. We don't have half the freedoms we had prior to 9/11 and the passage of that Act. It's just that most folks aren't aware of that fact as yet.
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It's a damn slippery slope when we start banning books and speech and freedom and I will not be a part of it.
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Did you vote against the Patriot Act? Most of us didn't even know it was up for a vote when it's first year of 'emergency action and activation' was ending. By not voting against this temporary stop-gap enacted after 9/11 it automatically became law.
It's one thing to stand up for Free Speech. We should. But we should have a more clear definition of just what Free Speech means.
Stitchawl