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Re: Nice Ugly Americans Posted on: 10 Oct 2003 15:35:40 GMT

Reidİ wrote:
> Following up to Mxsmanic
>
>>> that's a "none" then.
>>
>>It depends on which freedoms you value. My favorite freedom is freedom
>>of speech, but there is still some of that in Europe (even if there is
>>far less of it than in the U.S.).
>
> Ah, we get one out of you! (See my other post), with freedom
> comes responsibility, all freedoms have limits, maybe you don't
> see that. We believe, correctly, that there is no freedom of
> speech to incite racial violence.

Indeed. 'freedom of speech' is not absolute, also not in the US. *You*
are responsible for what you say, to whom, in what manner, etc.. If you
cross the line, *you* have to bear the consequences. In a sense, even
Iraq had 'freedom of speech'.