[extropy-chat] Tyranny in place

spike spike66 at comcast.net
Tue Oct 3 04:19:01 UTC 2006


> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Olga Bourlin
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Tyranny in place
> 
> From: "spike" <spike66 at comcast.net>
> ...  Does universal tolerance mean we tolerate intolerance?
> 
...
> 
> It is our freedom of speech that allows for tolerating intolerance, e.g.:
> 
> http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/strwhe.html
> 
> However, respecting one's right to a particular view does not mean we
> necessarily must respect that - or any particular - view. Olga


Thanks Olga, this is indeed a strange and interesting case.  The ACLU
defended the Nazis!  Perhaps it was a trap.  When a bunch of the
brown-shirts are marching down a public street, one of the holocaust
surviving Jews could sit up in the woods a mile away with a high powered
scoped rifle.  Heeeere nazi nazi nazi...

spike






    





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