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On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 11:45:41AM [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED], Paul Bowman wrote:
Free speech means absolutely nothing outside the context of a materialist analysis of access to the means of media dissemination and production. The problem isn't that some people say hateful and racist things, but rather it's the imbalance with which oppressed groups have the ability to speak back, both to the hater and the larger public, as part of a dialogue.thank you comrade and hear, hear! ;) (to suggest we have the same freedom of speech as Rupert Murdoch or Don Rumsfeld is formalism gone mad)
OK I accept that completely. And I must admit I have been a bit brainwashed by long exposure to American "libertarians" online. My main point was that a lot of ordinary people especially Americans have a different concept of what free speech means (yes, a formalism gone mad, but there you go) and it's wise to take that into account when trying to communicate with them. -- Robin _______________________ http://www.oekonux.org/
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