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To: Dayuhan who wrote (14999)3/12/2000 5:26:00 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 769667
 
There is a difference between ridicule and violence. I was ridiculed for being small of stature when I was in HS. This was a genetic condition I had no control over. Should there be a special federal law protecting short people? We have laws to punish those who transgress in violent ways. And in this country, we are all entitled to espouse an opinion as long as it does not lead directly to violence. The First Amendment protects those ideas that we abhor as well as the ones we agree with. Ignorant ideas such as those advocating gay bashing will not win in the marketplace of ideas. JLA



To: Dayuhan who wrote (14999)3/12/2000 6:09:00 PM
From: Ish  Respond to of 769667
 
<<In the high school I attended there was a kid who has clearly gay, and he got bashed around with depressing regularity. Everyone knew it, nobody cared. >>

And that sir was when?


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