Date: Mon, 2 Dec 1996 22:30:39 PST
Subject: Re: Never Again...
From: vent-AT-juno.com (David M Boiano)



On Mon, 2 Dec 1996 15:13:43 -1000 D Scott Woods <woodsd-AT-hawaii.edu>
writes:
>I vote 'yes' . Freedom of speech, no matter how disgusting the speech 
>may be, is the most important - especially in cyberspace! say NO to
>censorship.

Being a veteran, I suppose I should readily agree with you, after all,
that's supposed to be one of the things I served for.
I'll be the first to say I don't know who I would want to draw the line
and where, when it comes to freedom of speech, but you know, I'm
starting to get a bit weary of those three words, "freedom of speech"
being abused.
It's a wonderful founding principle of this country, but when people use
it and abuse it so that they can preach drug use and irresponsible sex
and murder in songs, or in this case, to spread a message of hatred and murder on the internet, I don't know.  
I served in the military to protect freedom of speech, but I also served
to protect people from what these neo-nazis are advocating.

Dave  8^)


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