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To: Suma who wrote (215769)	1/23/2005 1:29:00 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574018

Suma, My point was politicians continue buying votes with our tax system. It's why it's in the mess it's in. Let's fix it. A national sales tax. No exemptions...... Steve

To: Suma who wrote (215769)	1/23/2005 3:06:21 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574018

yes, I agree to the right to free speech. In fact, I even believe our President should be free to invoke God and his religion from his platform. As far as the Ku Klux Klan and other groups founded on the principles of hate, I disagree. When a group's free speech is geared towards stirring up hate towards action that will inflict pogroms on another group, I think it crosses the line. For instance, most of what passes for free speech in the Middle Eastern world is nothing more than hate propaganda aimed at stirring up people to kill Jews and Americans. That isn't exercising free speech, that is using speech as a weapon to kill. The Ku Klux Klan is no better. I realize it is tough to distinguish between good and bad free speech, but there it is in my humble opinion.