Freeedom of Speech

[Hawkfan]

Erk, Outlook filed your posting in Junk Mail. I do hope that's not MS'
contribution to the current censorship debate ;-)

Lets not forget that:
1. 99% of all groups are reasonable people but the other 1% make 99% of the
noise
2. People have a tendency to get more hard line the more you criticise them

When idiots start showing posters with "Death to xxx" on them (it's not so
long ago that the National Front would have replaced the xxx with "Pakis")
that's not a good reason for fanning the flames. Rather we should be
dampening them. I don't think that the furore is just due to the cartoons as
I suspect the cartoons were a last straw.

Free speech is an important principle, but it can be and has been abused.

JR

-----Original Message-----
From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET] On
Behalf Of M Holmes
Sent: 06 February 2006 11:02
To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
Subject: Freeedom of Speech

So that blue ribbon at the bottom of the info page on the Hawkwind
website. Is that the official colour of a free speech ribbon? Where
would I get one? Suddenly it seems a bit more important to join the
front line...

FoFP