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Subject: Re: On Free Speech
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 18:02:09 EST
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> On free speech, First Amendment:
> 
>  The argument was made that there really is no right to
> free speech since one can be sued for damages because
> of libel and slander.
> 
> Herman Silbiger

Libel laws exist because "your freedom ends where my freedom begins"
You cannot print that I am a thief if that is untrue because you are then
infringing on my civil rights (by defaming my reputation) and on my 
right to privacy

Marcel Simon