Xref: utzoo soc.culture.jewish:8633 news.misc:2338 news.sysadmin:1878 Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.misc,news.sysadmin Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Anti-Semite witch hunt Message-ID: <1988Dec9.173053.2834@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <49196@pyramid.pyramid.com> <401@hropus.UUCP> <1017@lzfme.att.com>Date: Fri, 9 Dec 88 17:30:53 GMT In article clong@topaz.rutgers.edu (Chris Long) writes: >Of course anti-Semitism is an evil; I simply feel that J Random Luser >is entitled to whatever opinions he/she wants - no matter how stupid >and loathsome, like anti-Semitism, those opinions may be... As has been pointed out in the past, freedom of speech means little if it's only the freedom to say things that we (whoever "we" are) consider sensible or approve of. True freedom of speech has to include the freedom to be a damn fool or a revolting slimeball. -- SunOSish, adj: requiring | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology 32-bit bug numbers. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu