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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (604865)	8/17/2004 3:18:41 PM
From: JDN	Respond to of 769670

If Kerry gets elected he will most likely get to appoint two Supreme Court ACTIVIST LIBERAL JUDGES. With the majority in the Supreme court most likely you will see the final acts to eliminate anything we USED to call DECENCY from our Nation. This will last the rest of our lives most likely and be the nail in the coffin for this Republic. What comes next, I dont know, but the way things are headed I could see a civil war in this country within the next 25 years. jdn

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (604865)	8/17/2004 3:20:36 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

This is classic Pilch. Politics and social commentary have always been entwined with art and music: Pete Seger, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, etc. If you don't care for the politics of a performer and are concerned they may espouse them during their performance, don't go. It's called free enterprise: Don't go to the concert, don't buy the record, turn the station when they come on. But mainly, stop being such a baby. What if you bought a ticket wanting to hear the old hits and the artist does all new material? Or what if you wanted to hear the new stuff and they did only the old hits? What if you expect the artist to face the audience and he plays with his back to the crowd? What if you expect 90 minutes of music and you only get 45? The artist is the artist. They are responsible for the content of the performance. You are responsible for whether or not you go. Steve Dietrich

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (604865)	8/17/2004 3:24:47 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 769670

"hiding behind law - like a filthy immoral scoundrel." You mean, the US Constitution? I, for one, am PROUD to stand by our Constitution and the rights it guarantees our free citizens! (The only 'hiding' here seems to be by you --- as you call for Totalitarian controls on what free citizens are allowed to say....) "Free-speech is not the issue here." Of course it is! And --- as I've said all along --- if you don't like what another free citizen says, or you don't think they are sufficiently 'courteous', then CHANGE THE CHANNEL, or DON'T PATRONIZE THEM! Don't buy tickets to their events, or purchase their products! How hard is that? In other words: grow up, and learn to respect freedom!