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Old 07-11-10, 08:25 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Snestorm View Post
Popular speech needs no protection.
Speech that is popular with those in power needs no protection you mean. It's speech that is popular with The People which needs to be protected from government infringement.

You're thinking of some nut with a megaphone spouting drivel. I'm thinking of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense". Now which one do you think a government would be more likely to want to ban?
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