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[NOISE] Re: Freedom and security



On Apr 30 1996 at 19:38:55, [email protected] wrote:
> If it were permitted to kill those who disagreed with you,
> then no one would be free to speak their mind at all, for fear
> of the consequences.

A person's freedom of speech is reduced by being afraid of the
consequences of that speech. Likewise, a person's freedom of speech
is improved by being less afraid of the consequences.

Therefor, we can scrap the first amendment, and just drink plenty
of beer.