On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 18:15 +0100, Cesare Marilungo wrote: > So if there's a law for the right to enslave a man I can claim it and > still say I value freedom? no, thats why slavery is now illegal and has been for many years in the USA (as well as most other countries). however, the more appropriate example relates to free speech. if its OK to ban racist speech, why not speech denouncing america as a demagogic, unilateralist, terroristic superpower? why not speech from people with italian accents? why not speech from people who are left-handed? the USA has historically acted in a way that suggests a profound institutional fear; a fear of creating laws that rely on somnewhat arbitary "lines" which when you cross them invite a different legal response than when you stay on the other side.
