Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watdcsu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!watdcsu!dmcanzi From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Re: Question for Canadians Message-ID: <1189@watdcsu.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 22:56:54 EST Article-I.D.: watdcsu.1189 Posted: Thu Mar 28 22:56:54 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 29-Mar-85 01:40:49 EST References: <1162@watdcsu.UUCP> <709@ccice5.UUCP> <891@utcsri.UUCP> <374@talcott.UUCP> <538@whuxl.UUCP> <925@utcsri.UUCP> <455@abnji.UUCP> Reply-To: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 16 Summary: In article <455@abnji.UUCP> nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) writes: >>Hate literature *is* a form of political expression. > >There are people who would claim that murder is a form of political expression. >I don't think too many people condone that, and I doubt if a defense based >on freedom of speech would work. Well, I suppose it was possible to misinterpret that statement. I was arguing against the suppression of political *opinions*. Hate literature, when unaccompanied by physical demonstrations of hostility, is just the expression of a political opinion. -- David Canzi "Women compromise more than a third of Britain's work force." -- The Vancouver Sun