In that case, let me rephrase, is the loss of the right to free speech fair if you then have the freedom to walk where the government will allow you to?
Dude, I love you, but if you're going to ask about specific current events, ask about them specifically, for the love of pete. That way, uninformed buggers like myself can tell when it's okay to jump in with an out-the-ass answer and when to keep the hell away for fear that they might be called upon to render a serious comment upon something. :P
Again, I would have to ask: How badly do we want to go wherever it is that the government is going to let us go if we give up our free speech? If we want to go there more than we want to retain our free speech...then the answer looks pretty obvious. Likewise if this is not the case.
Whether it's reasonable of the guv'mint to demand this price for walking into someplace or another is a completely different question, and one I am so unprepared to answer that it's pathetic, insert further protestations of general ignorance here.
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Date: 2006-08-01 05:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-08-01 05:38 pm (UTC)Again, I would have to ask: How badly do we want to go wherever it is that the government is going to let us go if we give up our free speech? If we want to go there more than we want to retain our free speech...then the answer looks pretty obvious. Likewise if this is not the case.
Whether it's reasonable of the guv'mint to demand this price for walking into someplace or another is a completely different question, and one I am so unprepared to answer that it's pathetic, insert further protestations of general ignorance here.
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Date: 2006-08-02 06:28 am (UTC):D