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To: Bill who wrote (20613)	9/11/2002 11:05:37 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 21057

In every war this country has fought, freedom of speech was allowed. And freedom of the press with some limitations - military information could not be published. That's quite different from a gov't controlled press. In the Civil War, Lincoln was disturbed by press coverage -but allowed it. He took comfort in the fact that while terrible things were said about him, even worse things were being said about Jefferson Davis in the Southern press. The Constitution of the Confederacy also provided for freedom of the press. Or are you one who thinks shouting FIRE in a crowded theatre should be protected by the 1st amendment? You won't advance your case by wild exaggeration. There are limitations on all freedoms all the time. You cannot legally do that in peace or war time, just as you cannot paint a brick and sell it as solid gold.