Freedom of speech

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From: Keith Wood <kw at bctv.com>
Date: 20 May 2000 17:18:28 -0600
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"John C. Anderson" wrote:
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> << The message <8eBU4.2240$86.37138 at news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>
>   from  "Iain Clark" <iain.clark10 at virgin.net> contains these words:
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> > Not wanting to get into a big discussion about this, but putting aside the
> > historical context, surely you can have free speech without needing a legal
> > right to own guns?
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> Also not wanting to get into a big discussion about this, but;
> history teaches us, no you can't.
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>  >>
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> Also not wanting etc. ..., free speach in modern society has little or nothing
> to do with private gun ownership. They still protest loudly in many nations
> without guns.

China, for instance . . .

ALL countries have free speech.

Countries with an armed population have freedom AFTER speech.


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 20 May 2000 22:04:13 -0600
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>ALL countries have free speech.
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>Countries with an armed population have freedom AFTER speech.
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You mean like Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, England, France....

 jms

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