RE: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-17 Thread Mike Lee
Reggie, not too effing happy about the f-bomb: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really like to hear it. How about the idea that

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-16 Thread Jim Sharkey
Steve Sloan II wrote: The Fool wrote a particular word every paragraph: FUCK FUCK SNIP I've heard claims that men think of sex every x-number of seconds. Is this proof? ;-) Well, *I've* heard that the more one talks about it, the less one is getting it. Which is this actually proof of? :)

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-15 Thread Steve Sloan II
The Fool wrote a particular word every paragraph: FUCK FUCK SNIP I've heard claims that men think of sex every x-number of seconds. Is this proof? ;-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-14 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: I think what Reggie means is the word you get if you remove ire tr from fire truck. Erik replied: I don't follow. Reggie has a problem with people typing the character sequence f^?^?^? ^?^?uck? Or is it the sequence f^H^H^H ^H^Huck that he decides to get worked up about? What

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 04:44:35PM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: But there is not a single idea that I can't express without using those words. Wrong. I just pointed one out. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:07:16AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: So what do we do when X's right to free speech conflicts with Y's right to freely exercise his or her religion? The religious brain-rot has been afflicting you for a while, huh Ronn? -- Erik

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:21:20PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I think what Reggie means is the word you get if you remove ire tr from fire truck. I don't follow. Reggie has a problem with people typing the character sequence f^?^?^? ^?^?uck? Or is it the sequence f^H^H^H ^H^Huck that he

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-13 Thread Damon Agretto
Like I give a flying F$#@ what you think is right? Well, considering that YOU onlu care about what YOU think is right, its pretty obvious. It sounds like you are just self-centered and self-righteous. And not really interested in the free flow of ideas or debate. You are a hypocrite. Damon.

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:59 AM 3/13/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 12:07:16AM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: So what do we do when X's right to free speech conflicts with Y's right to freely exercise his or her religion? The religious brain-rot has been afflicting you for a while, huh Ronn?

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
- Original Message - From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 3:23 PM Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread The Fool
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really like to hear it. Yes. The IDEA that Freedom

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really like to hear it. The Fool replied: Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of Speech

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Damon Agretto
Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of Speech means a person is allowed to say F#$* whenever and whereever they f*^%ing want to, or need to. Try again. There is no constitutional protection of your right to say [EMAIL PROTECTED] Besides the fact that its discourteous to others, who may not

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really like to hear it. The Fool replied: Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Baker
Reggie said: Just to be certain, I submitted this question to lawguru.com. I will post the results, one way or the other. At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect freedom of speech. Rich ___

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
I said said: Just to be certain, I submitted this question to lawguru.com. I will post the results, one way or the other. Rich responded: At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect freedom of speech. Again, it depends on how you define freedom of speech. At

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Baker
Reggie said: Again, it depends on how you define freedom of speech. Of course it does, but if you're prepared to redefine words then having a discussion is quite difficult. It's perfectly possible, of course, that the US Constitution protects something which isn't strictly speaking freedom of

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:58:36AM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really like to hear it. What

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:40 AM 3/12/04, Richard Baker wrote: Reggie said: Just to be certain, I submitted this question to lawguru.com. I will post the results, one way or the other. At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect freedom of speech. What do you mean? -- Ronn! :)

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:01 AM 3/12/04, Richard Baker wrote: Reggie said: Again, it depends on how you define freedom of speech. Of course it does, but if you're prepared to redefine words then having a discussion is quite difficult. It's perfectly possible, of course, that the US Constitution protects something

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:38 AM 3/12/04, Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:58:36AM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Baker
Ronn said: At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect freedom of speech. What do you mean? I mean that a freedom isn't a freedom if it's constrained, so that if constitutional scholars consider such a constrained freedom freedom of speech then they are using that

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Richard Baker
Ronn said: Instead of obscene language, then, how about the classic example of shouting Fire! in a crowded theatre? That really isn't so difficult. Having a freedom doesn't mean that we can't make contracts that voluntarily constrain that freedom. For example, I could constrain my freedom to

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:37 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote: Ronn said: At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect freedom of speech. What do you mean? I mean that a freedom isn't a freedom if it's constrained, so that if constitutional scholars consider such a constrained freedom freedom of

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread The Fool
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:58:36AM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 10:40 AM Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Reggie said: Just to be certain, I submitted this question to lawguru.com

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:58:36AM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Freedom of speech is the freedom to express any idea you want to express. Is there any idea that requires you to drop the f-bomb in order to express it? If anyone out there can think of one, I'd really

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread The Fool
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of Speech means a person is allowed to say FUCK whenever and whereever they FUCKING want to, or need to. Try again. There is no constitutional protection of your right to say FUCK. Besides the fact that its

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:47 PM 3/12/04, The Fool wrote: From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of Speech means a person is allowed to say F**K whenever and whereever they F**KING want to, or need to. Try again. There is no constitutional protection of your right to say

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread The Fool
FUCK From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] FUCK At 11:47 PM 3/12/04, The Fool wrote: From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes. The IDEA that Freedom of Speech means a person is allowed to say F**K whenever and whereever they FUCKING want to, or need to. Try again.

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-03-12 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:25 AM 3/13/04, The Fool wrote: F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K Redundant, isn't it? ...snip... ... There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: We had to put a shield over the TV controls to keep Sam from playing with the power switch on the big TV. I hate to be that guy, but we just told the kids No on touching the TV controls until it sunk in. Granted, the shield would have been less time consuming... :) Jim

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: We had to put a shield over the TV controls to keep Sam from playing with the power switch on the big TV. I hate to be that guy, but we just told the kids No on touching the TV controls until it sunk in. Granted, the shield would have been less

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:36:47 -0800 (PST) What exactly makes an obscenity obscene? Aside from

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 03:21 PM 2/27/2004 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote: I've explained these things before. I'm not going to do so again, just because _you_ weren't reading. But honestly, was *anyone* reading? Or at least reading *and* taking it seriously? JDG ___

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:26:33 -0600 On the other I find repetitious use of such language

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Travis Edmunds wrote: What exactly makes an obscenity obscene? Aside from something obscene being labled an obscenity of course. serious In the recent months, the only time I seriously considered _censuring_ TV for my kids was when they started asking questions about astrology, that they got

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Feb 27, 2004 at 10:56:24PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: serious In the recent months, the only time I seriously considered _censuring_ TV for my kids was when they started asking questions about astrology, that they got from the TV [Nickelodeon]. I find that much more obscene than

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-28 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004

Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread The Fool
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040225/tech_summit_indecency_1.html Reuters Reuters Summit-FCC's Martin ponders indecency on pay TV, radio Wednesday February 25, 6:31 pm ET By Jeremy Pelofsky NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators should consider whether radio and television services carried by

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
Define Fascist. Do you believe, then, that the Freedom of SPeech clause should protect the right of broadcasters to drop F-bombs or other inappropriate material over the air on channels when sensitive viewers (i.e. children)are watching? Damon. __ Do you Yahoo!?

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread The Fool
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define Fascist. Do you believe, then, that the Freedom of SPeech clause should protect the right of broadcasters to drop F-bombs or other inappropriate material over the air on channels when sensitive viewers (i.e. children)are watching? Yes.

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
Define Fascist. You still did not define the above. Yes. Well that's just asinine and immature. Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html

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2004-02-27 Thread The Fool
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Define Fascist. You still did not define the above. Yes. Well that's just asinine and immature. Whatever. When they came for my freedom from arbitrary search and seizure I said nothing because I was not a drug dealer. When they came

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
Whatever. Then make a well structured, reasonable post, without using it as an ipportunity to launch attacks against whomever you have an agenda against, and explain your position in a form that does not involve posting random articles that seem to support your agenda. When they came for my

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread The Fool
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever. Then make a well structured, reasonable post, without using it as an ipportunity to launch attacks against whomever you have an agenda against, and explain your position in a form that does not involve posting random articles that seem to

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
I've explained these things before. I'm not going to do so again, just because _you_ weren't reading. I have been reading. You have not been constructing arguments. All of these right have been attacked by this administration, and I've posted multiple articles about the administrations

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:25:04 -0600 From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whatever. Then make

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
The articles are not an argument in and of themselves. I may be wrong, but that sounds like what Damon is saying. That's exactly what I'm saying. I'm also asking The Fool to back up the assertation that the US Government is somehow Fascist by asking him to define fascism. Otherise its just

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also heavily disagree with his assertation that Freedom of Speech defends one's right to use crude language or show inappropriate material where it may be exposed to minors. I think hiding behind this element of the

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
Well then, would it be inapropriate for me to ask you to please provide the definition of Free and Speech which allows freedom of speech to align with your doctrin? My definition is freedom from persecution from the STATE for what one says. Specifically, I would define it as the freedom to

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 13:39:19 -0800 (PST) Well then, would it be inapropriate for me to ask

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:39 PM 2/27/2004, you wrote: Well then, would it be inapropriate for me to ask you to please provide the definition of Free and Speech which allows freedom of speech to align with your doctrin? My definition is freedom from persecution from the STATE for what one says. Specifically, I

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Damon Agretto
What exactly makes an obscenity obscene? Aside from something obscene being labled an obscenity of course. That's a good question and perhaps one worthy of exploration. However, its also pretty academic IMHO. Whether you think the F-bomb or other obcenities are indeed unacceptable or not, I

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Tom Beck
That's a good question and perhaps one worthy of exploration. However, its also pretty academic IMHO. Whether you think the F-bomb or other obcenities are indeed unacceptable or not, I think the majority of people in the US, FREX, would define those words as obcene. So we're going to put

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't I also heavily disagree with his assertation that Freedom of Speech

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Sure, we are adults. (Some of us). But a child above three can turn on a TV or radio. Above? Try under. We had to put a shield over the TV controls to keep Sam from playing with the power switch on the big TV. There's a small TV upstairs set up so's we can watch in the

Re: Fascist Censorship spreading like Cancer thruout Gov't

2004-02-27 Thread Jan Coffey
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What exactly makes an obscenity obscene? Aside from something obscene being labled an obscenity of course. That's a good question and perhaps one worthy of exploration. However, its also pretty academic IMHO. Whether