Subject: Re: book burning
Matthew_Stevenson@BAYLOR.EDU
Date: Tue Jun 24 1997 - 13:03:41 GMT
well-said, josh, and i agree. i think your government prof is ripping off
milton though. all better things--matt
>Didn't Churchhill say something like, "Democracy is the worst form of
government,
>but its better than all the rest." The constitutional book burning latitude is
>one of those paradoxes that is also the best thing going. But the right to do
it
>is followed closely by the right to critize those who do it and for what is
worth,
>I think buring books, although protected, is tacky and cheaply sensationalist.
>Asserting personal opinion by quashing other's chafes at (what my college
>government professors called) the free market of ideas.
>
>All good things,
>Josh
>
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