Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!qucdn!spraggej Organization: Queen's University at Kingston Date: Saturday, 15 Dec 1990 01:34:23 EST From: John G. Spragge Message-ID: <90349.013423SPRAGGEJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: CNN References: <1990Nov16.235831.25433@agate.berkeley.edu> <4948@rsiatl.UUCP> <5378@prussian9.UUCP> <1990Nov20.035510.23148@hoss.unl.edu> <1990Nov20.075707.41354@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> <59608@microsoft.UUCP> <59624@microsoft.UUCP> <21523@frog.UUCP> In article <21523@frog.UUCP>, jp@frog.UUCP (John Pimentel) says: >In article <59624@microsoft.UUCP> chrisshe@microsoft.UUCP (Chris SHERWOOD) >I assert **my opinion** under the rights granted me under the >First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution. The First Amendment does NOT grant rights. It recognises them, and places them off limits to government activity ("Congress shall make no law"). There is an important philosophical difference between granting rights, affirming rights, and recognising rights. >------------------------------------------------------- >John Pimentel ...!{decvax!mit-eddie!harvard}!frog!jp >Disclaimer: The opinion presented, is just that; >I take full responsiblity for those parts I've entered. >------------------------------------------------------- disclaimer: Queen's University merely supplies me with computer services, and they are responsible for neither my opinions or my ignorance. John G. Spragge