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From: rancke@diku.UUCP (Hans Rancke-Madsen.)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Libertarian Theory and Libertarian Practice: A Portrait From Life
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Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 08:25:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 14 08:25:11 1987
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In article <8709130104.AA11330@ragu> gsmith@BOSCO.BERKELEY.EDU writes:

[somebody else:]
>>If the issue is
>>really free speech, what about Tim's free speech right to complain?

[gsmith:]
>  If he wanted to bitch, he could bitch on the net or send nasty e-mail
>to us. Most people react that way. What about my free speech right to
>write letters to Tim Maroney's employers claiming he is a drug-crazed
>Communist-Satanist menace to the American Way of Life? Should I exercise
>that?

It seems to me that a lot of people thinks that "free speech" means
that *they* can say whatever they want, while the laws of libel
limits what other people can say (Please note that I'm not accusing
you of this attitude; your remark in fact seems to indicate the
opposite. It just made me want to make the following point).

(In myy opinion) the right of free speech means that noone can prevent
you from saying whatever you damn please  -  *in advance*; whatever laws
exists in whatever country you're in (like laws of libel), might make
you pay for it afterwards though.

   Hans Rancke, University of Copenhagen
          ..mcvax!diku!rancke

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