File spoon-archives/phillitcrit.archive/phillitcrit_1997/phillitcrit.9711, message 759


From: Patsloane-AT-aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 04:51:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: PLC: discursive self-regulation


In a message dated 97-11-15 12:19:17 EST, BC writes:

> Moreover, the premise that unlimited free speech tends to the
>  good in the marketplace of ideas seems simply a recapitulation
>  of Adam Smith's capitalist manifesto, arguing that individuals
>  pursuing their own self interest will converge--by means of an
>  invisible hand--to create the common good.  I don't believe this
>  in economics, and I don't believe it in discourse either.  
>  

Brian Connery--

FYI, the right to free speech doeesn't come from the capitalist manifesto,
whatever that is. It comes from the first amendment to the Constitution of
the United States.

                Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or 
                prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech, 
                or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to         
                petition the government for a redress of greivances.

You never knew this?  


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