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From: jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)
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Subject: Re: Pornography doesn't degrade women ...
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>   The ability of the written and verbal media to inspire people to do things
> that they would not normally consider is well known (eg Nazi Germany).

Isn't this something of an oversimplification?

> The matter of free speech is not something that can be considered as
> something taken for granted. 

That's why Ms. Leeper, and others, are defending it so actively.

>                                 The potential cost of free speech could
> (and *has*) reached millions of lives.  

The Holocaust was caused by free speech. Right. And it could have been
prevented by laws outlawing Nazi literature. Right. Let me know when
you stop dreaming.

How about this - the Holocaust occured because the Nazis, once in power,
*eliminated* the right of free speech. Still an oversimplification, but
closer by a long shot.

					Jeff Winslow