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From: jim@randvax.UUCP (Jim Gillogly)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Illegal Overthrow of Government
Message-ID: <2491@randvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-May-85 13:04:07 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 21 13:04:07 1985
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In article <396@cmu-cs-k.ARPA> tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
>
>Finally, I want to hear someone say they think Patrick Henry ought to have
>been imprisoned for advocating armed might against the British, if indeed
>advocating illegal government takeovers is a crime.  (In fact, our country
>and every other is founded on exactly that: illegal revolutions.)

I won't come out against freedom of speech except to note that advocating
armed overthrow of the government is similar to shouting "Fire!" in a
theater.  However, I'll take issue with the assertion that all countries
are founded on illegal revolutions.  Consider Canada, for example, or
Australia.  The Netherlands.  Israel (well, OK, there was a lot of
terrorist activity, but the actual FOUNDING was done by the U.N.).  You
get the idea ...
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	Jim Gillogly
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