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I hope we're not on a path of becoming so politically correct that we allow these people to print news papers in our own country.
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I hope we're
not on a path of becoming so politically correct that we disallow these people to print newspapers in our own country.
This is an ages old proverbially double-edged sword for modern societies. James Eichner, in his biography
Thomas jefferson: The Complete Man, describes the following incident having occurred while Jefferson was President
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A German visitor to the white House saw there a newspaper full of abuse of president Jefferson and asked why the President did not have the fellow who wrote it hanged.
"What? Hang the guardian of the public morals?" asked Jefferson. "Put that paper into your pocket, my good friend," he told the visiter, "and carry it with you to Europe, and when you hear anyone doubt the reality of American freedom, show them that newspaper and tell them where you found it."
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Given a choice between print or censorship - let 'em print so we can openly debate the strengths and weaknesses of the ideas being presented.
Richard's $.02
