On 02/05/2009 05:30 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
Chris Jones wrote:On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 01:57:04AM EST, Alex Samad wrote:-- "It's a school full of so-called at-risk children. It's how we, unfortunately, label certain children. It means basically they can't learn. It's one of the best schools in Houston." - George W. Bush While speaking about KIPP Academy in Houston, TXIn the future, Samad, please refrain from posting stuff like the aboveconcerning my country's former President.Strange... I thought you Americans value freedom of speech so much.
Note that Chris Jones did *not* say "Stop profaning Allah, or we chop your head off, violate your women and salt your fields." That would be anti-"free speech".
He, OTOH, said "please", and didn't even follow it up with a threat.Lastly, "free speech" is nowhere near absolute, even in the US, even though it was greatly expanded in the 1900s.
Really lastly, prudence and manners are always useful on a public list. Absolutely lastly > (Can't remember the number of the amendment, though.)Number One. Along with Establishment and Free Exercise of Religion, Freedom of the Press, Peaceable Assembly, and Petitioning the Government.
-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Supporting World Peace Through Nuclear Pacification