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Subject: Re: Censorship in Canada, Freedom of Speech and Zundel
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Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 16:27:14 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 10 16:27:14 1986
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---------------------Reply to mail dated 5-MAR-1986 18:59---------------------

>Posted by: decwrl!decvax!bellcore!ulysses!burl!clyde!watmath!utzoo!utcsri!ubc-vision!alberta!ken
>Organization: U. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
> 
>First; there is no such thing as "veriable" (variable) truth - either it's 
>true or it isn't. The trick is whether we can tell if it's true. If the
>truth can be determined then this makes it "verifiable". If a statement
>cannot be verified we give the speaker the benefit of the doubt and label
>his/her statement as "opinion". People with opinions should not be censored.
> 

   There was a man named Galileo who published what he thought and we know
now to be the truth.  He was forced by the society to recant what he said
because it was wrong hertical and would cause damage to society.  I man named
Corpernicus published a tract about the universe and how the earth revolved 
around the sun this book was banned because it was dangerous.  It also had
to be wrong because the bible said so. (even though it doesn't) 

  I man was put on trial in the early part of this century in the US because he
taught Darwinism.  We all know that Creationism is the only truth tha can be 
taught are children.  The other is a blatent lie by those athiestic humanist
communistic destroyers of what is true.  The beliefs of all God-fearing 
rightous people.

   The idea of protecting society from stopping people from telling their
truths is dangerous. There have been far to many instances of this idea of 
protecting people against people and in the end it has done far more harm then
good.  If a man wants to say something is the truth that is his right.  If what
he says is bogus well that is the way it is.  If the man tries to act upon what
he says then society has the right to intervene but not until then.

Brian Mahoney