"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 06:31:54 -0500, Bob Noel
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Larry Dighera wrote:

It's one thing to have an opinion. No one is going to be worried about
some
wacko comparing the victims of 9/11 to the Nazis.

I don't think Churchill did compare the victims to Nazis.

you keep saying that, and then post Churchill's "justification" which
actually
contradicts your claim.

I don't want to defend Churchill, ...snip...

....snip...
Without the context in which he made his statement, it is difficult to
discern his true intent, and the public's hysterical knee jerk
reaction is inevitable.

At any rate, with very limited knowledge (one web page) of Churchill's
pronouncements and views, I find the thought of the establishment
dismissing him for what he _said_ to be infinitely more appalling, and
a true insight into the current trend of trampling citizen's rights
granted under the Constitution. His dismissal for this utterance
would be a another _tangible_ example of the totalitarian course set
by the current administration.

After all, noble journalists are currently facing jail time for
exercising their 1st amendment rights in providing the American people
the truth. Is that what we Americans want: the news media to only
report what the administration dictates, or a free press? The choice
is ours.

Are we going to give Churchill the _power_ to prove that the
Constitution has become meaningless, or are we going to tolerate
disparate opinions?

(Robin Williams delivered this gem on last night's Bill Marr show,
"Now the Iraqi people must spend time drafting a constitution for
their country; we could give them ours; we're not using it anymore.")

If we're going to deny Churchill his 1st Amendment rights, then
perhaps we should stop "mad cowboy disease," and impeach the "son of a
Bush" for what he said:

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country
and our people, and neither do we." - George W. Bush

I think our great nation, founded on liberty and freedom, is secure
enough to tolerate opposing views without committing unconstitutional,
totalitarian acts in the name of patriotism. It's the Salem witch
hunt mentality all over again. Is that what we want for the 21st
century?


When we don't want our children to notice their conscience, we have two
options: suppress, or distract.
In this analogous case, Suppress: fire the *******... or distract:
stridently highlight only his most extreme inflammatory writings, his
personal hypocrises and flaws, and skip over any of the reasonable parts of
the argument.

We also don't want to trust our children to analyse opposing or ulta-radical
views. That might teach them independant thought. They might actually do
their own research to get closer to truth... so if we can't control our
educational institutions politically, we might want to withdraw their public
money and throw them to the mercy of handouts from somebody who can.

--

A great civilization is not conquered from without until it
has destroyed itself from within. ***
- Ariel Durant 1898-1981


Love your signature... been a few months since I've seen it in these groups
:-)