alt.politics.usa.republican

"Roedy Green" wrote in message
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> Some people are panic stricken by terrorists and think it will be
> necessary to give the government power to censor them and shut them
> down.
>
> Think for a sec. Just what could a "terrorist" tell you that you are
> so afraid of hearing? You are perfectly capable of rejecting his
> shrill messages. He might try to talk you out of invading his
> country. Why are you so afraid of hearing his arguments why that
> might be a good thing for everyone, including you.
>
> The catch is, we know how governments are. They get a new tool then
> like to extend its use, for example to shut down some of the
> following:
>
> 1. anti-political party to the one in power people.
>
> 2. people who hold unpopular but legal views such as succession,
> rejecting Christianity as false, opposing the Iraq war, having unkind
> things to say about soldiers.
>
> Then you also have moonlighting, employees using the censorship tools
> for their own private ends.


Just curious- are you arguing that media must sponsor all speech, even when
it incites, promotes & encourages violence, including the murdering of, say
gays while employing lies and propaganda to justify these ends?