22988, don't sleep on Speech Posted by k_orr, Thu Jul-27-00 09:17 AM
And I'm not talking about Arrested Development.
>Speech doesn't harm anyone. Actions do. >Granted, sometimes the line between >the two is hard to >draw.
Words hurt.
"We don't serve niggers" "I just want to be friends" "We're Breaking up" "I think it's cancer"
Words hurt more than sticks and stones. At least you can go to a doctor for sticks and stone damage.
On a less personal level, speech is a very dangerous thing. That's why our free press is consolidated to about 5 or 6 major companies that serve their own interests.
Speech changes minds.
I am more worried about Pat Buchanan talking to middle America than militia folks gathering arms.
peace, k. orr house of phat beats
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