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From: brooks@lll-crg.ARPA (Eugene D. Brooks III)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Europe leaves net.politics in disgust.
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Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 13:27:07 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 13:27:07 1985
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> things that might fall under that same law.  Now speech like that
> is not only not permitted in Canada, but also in many European
> countries.  But not only uttering is subject to punishment, but also
> publishing and distributing, where a plea of not-guilty on the ground that
> the contents of the stuff distributed was unknown might or might not be
> honoured by a judge.

Reading this article has made reflect on the fact that I am CENSORED glad
to be a American!  It is a privilege to tolerate a little speech that might
be offensive to myself (or even a whole group of people!) for the sake of
absolute free speech.  To think that systems in Canada or Europe cut off
net.politics because they were worried about the possibility of getting
jailed for the contents send chills up my spine.  I am glad I live here
and not there as I could not tolerate my political opinions being censored
by the current government in power.