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From: dbell@maths.tcd.ie (Derek Bell)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Freedom of hate
Message-ID: <767@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 24 Apr 89 11:26:13 GMT
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In article <8251@chinet.chi.il.us} patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson) writes:
}And who do you think defended Ramparts Magazine?  Who else. And the
}arguments presented? '....a dangerous precedent...chilling effect on
}free speech...they can't be stopped from publishing their magazine...'
}But the court ruled indeed, there were valid reasons not only for
}punishing speech after the fact, but banning it from being made in the
}first place under some circumstances.

		What happened with Ramparts magazine? Sounds like the ACLU is
well intentioned but very inflexible, IMHO. 
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