'If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise,
we don't believe in it at all.' -Noam Chomsky
Gosh, that's a beautiful quote and one I wholeheartedly subscribe to.
There's a bloke from some ancient death-cult who stands on the main street here and reads passages from the bible. He tells me I am damned, that I am a sinner and unless I let Jesus, Son of God, into my life I will burn forever. I find his threats pretty offensive. But I tolerate it, because unbelievably this threatening behaviour is accepted by our society.
I don't, however, believe that this statement gives you the right to make chalk marks of any kind on ancient monument. EVER. I do believe that this gives you the right to go to Avebury and display a big flag. If the flag has something upon it likely to offend a lot of people, for example, the word 'cunt', a giant photograph of a penis, a swastika, then it is up to the individual displaying the flag to face the consequences.
Which is exactly what you're having to do now. I guess its a price we pay for freedom of expression.
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6th April 2005ce
10:59 |
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- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (mike croley, Apr 04, 2005, 19:04)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Jane, Apr 04, 2005, 19:57)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Pete G, Apr 04, 2005, 20:28)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (mike croley, Apr 04, 2005, 23:45)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Pete G, Apr 04, 2005, 23:50)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Jane, Apr 05, 2005, 09:11)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Kammer, Apr 05, 2005, 09:38)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Wiggy, Apr 05, 2005, 10:24)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Wiggy, Apr 05, 2005, 10:29)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (goffik, Apr 05, 2005, 10:47)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (wolfnighthunter, Apr 05, 2005, 19:48)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (mike croley, Apr 05, 2005, 22:10)
- shorty! (Pete G, Apr 06, 2005, 01:44)
- Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (goffik, Apr 06, 2005, 07:56)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (morfe, Apr 06, 2005, 09:24)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (mike croley, Apr 06, 2005, 10:13)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (morfe, Apr 06, 2005, 11:15)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (cameltoe, Apr 06, 2005, 11:17)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (Squid Tempest, Apr 06, 2005, 12:14)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (goffik, Apr 06, 2005, 12:34)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (Wiggy, Apr 06, 2005, 12:38)
- Re: Reclaiming unacceptable symbols (anthonyqkiernan, Apr 06, 2005, 10:32)
- Re: You're Creepy, Mr Croley! (follow that cow, Apr 06, 2005, 14:05)
- Re: You're Creepy, Mr Croley! (mike croley, Apr 06, 2005, 14:17)
- Re: You're Creepy, Mr Croley! (rocknicker, Apr 06, 2005, 14:46)
- Re: You're Creepy, Mr Croley! (jimit, Apr 06, 2005, 18:10)
- I really AM showing my ignorance now, but... (goffik, Apr 07, 2005, 07:30)
- Re: I really AM showing my ignorance now, but... (FourWinds, Apr 07, 2005, 07:30)
- Re: I really AM showing my ignorance now, but... (Blonde, Apr 07, 2005, 17:31)
- Re: I really AM showing my ignorance now, but... (doktoratomik, Apr 07, 2005, 20:00)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Wiggy, Apr 07, 2005, 08:52)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Wiggy, Apr 07, 2005, 11:09)
- Re: Graffiti at WKLB. (Moth, Apr 07, 2005, 17:27)
- An out-of the-way ornament (Littlestone, Apr 07, 2005, 23:09)
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