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The Wrong Approach

It looks like steam is building to exempt bloggers from the strictures of the McCain-Feingold Establishment of Fascism Act.  (Well, to exempt “Internet bloggers” as the dinomedia continues to insist on calling us)

While I certainly agree with the spirit of the exemption, I think it shouldn’t happen. Rather than being exempted, bloggers should continue to write in defiance of this disgusting assault on liberty. I don’t want permission from the government to speak freely. I don’t need the permission of congress to write what I want to write. Creating an exemption recognizes the validity of the law in the first place. Wrong tact - wrong policy. It is a morally reprehensible law that should be completely ignored by media of all stripes.

Freedom of speech is a right given by God and guaranteed by the First Amendment. Better men and women than I fought and died to protect that right. John McCain endured torture in the Hanoi Hilton to defend that right. How dare he betray us now.

Grr..

P.S.The ONLY reason there’s no cursing in this entry is that I don’t curse in my blog- or at all, if I can help it. This makes me mad enough to curse. Add your own curse words throughout if you want to know how I really feel.

Posted by Dan Lovejoy on 03/14/05

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Dan, please expand on this: “Freedom of speech is a right given by God and guaranteed by the First Amendment.”

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  03/14  at  10:35 PM

Are you going to start talking about Voltaire?
I just wanted a heads up ahead of time if you
didn’t mind.

Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  03/14  at  11:48 PM

Your grace - I’ll keep you forewarned. wink

Posted by Dan Lovejoy  on  03/16  at  12:04 AM

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