Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihnet.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad From: eklhad@ihnet.UUCP (K. A. Dahlke) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Could D. Black have legal problems? Message-ID: <306@ihnet.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 05:21:45 EDT Article-I.D.: ihnet.306 Posted: Thu Sep 26 05:21:45 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Sep-85 05:25:20 EDT References: <305@ihnet.UUCP> <645@hou2g.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 28 > > Remember the famous "shouting fire in the theater" case, where the abuse > > of free speech might be harmful to society. > Do you really equate such nonsense as denying the holocaust > with yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre? The believability > of the two (especially given the circumstances) differs by > quite a wide margin. Argument accepted, the prosecution rests. I shall defend free speech hereinafter (though it is sometimes painful). > >The trouble is, I can't *prove* it is dangerous. > Would you support a law prohibiting religion, even though I > couldn't "*prove* it is dangerous"? No, I wouldn't either. But beware, I will be working on a dangerousness "proof". Until I find one, congratulations, you have changed a mind. After all, a mind that can never change is no mind at all. Whoever said net.politics was useless?? > "Now see HERE! I speak fifty languages > fluently, but gibberish isn't one of them." > Scott J. Berry The only fly in the ointment is the flanatory nature of your response, which is unwarranted, given the quality of your defense. -- This .signature file intentionally left blank. Karl Dahlke ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com