Re: Freedom of Speech (was Re: HateWatch Press Release)

[Parsifal <noosph@noosph.org>]

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You wrote on 6/09/99 16:47 from schizoid schizoid@pacific.net.sg

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>Parsifal,
>I find it ironical that on the one hand, you advocate the (absolute) freedom
>of speech - and by implication, your support for a diversity of views (which
>I fully support as well) - but on the other hand, your insistence on the
>freedom of speech on the internet is beginning to sound as is USofA has just
>annexed the whole of the internet, and we all have to live our cyber lives
>by the US constitution, regardless.  Anyway, I'm sure you're aware that
>there is a sizable net population outside of the USofA and we (myself,
>included) bring with us a different perspective, which we do not wish to be
>subsumed under a hegemonic prescription, like the First Ammendment or the US
>constitution.  Anyway, I see the First Ammendment as contingent to the
>specific history and politics of the United States, rather than a total and
>universalistic principle. 

Hey Lawrence, I am French, and live in France.......
I do not wish to be subsumed under a hegemonic prescription, and 
especially not under the USA.
But i have surfed on the Net for a long time, and, usually, Americans 
form the greatest part of surfers and subscribers., that is why, and as 
an act of courtesy towards the supposed greatest part of the subscribers 
of this list, i spoke of the US Constitution.....sorry, i know nothing 
about Singapour.....

No offense....

Parsifal

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>You wrote on 6/09/99 2:43 from schizoid schizoid@pacific.net.sg
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>>that so?  Is this emphasis on "freedom of speech" purely an academic
>>exercise?
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>Is the US constitution first amendment purely an academic statement ?
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