On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:10:00 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 12:19:16 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Dave Hall" wrote in message
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About the only group that has a good track record of defending
all types of free speech is the ACLU. :-)

And they have other issues......

What issues are those, Dave?

Look it up.

Dave



I have, for the past 30 years. They've defended people and ideas that even
YOU would agree with. YOU look it up, instead of focusing on the three
instances you're marginally aware of.

THAT is the problem. They'll defend the right of people to do just
about anything. I don't believe that certain things should be allowed
to be displayed in public out of respect. I don't want to see bare
chested women, (or men) walking around in public. I don't think the
KKK has a right to exist let along parading around in a public parade.
I don't want to see drag queens flaunting their abhorrent , deviant
behavior in a public parade that I want to take my 5 year old to.

That's the problem when you take on the role of public rights
advocate. You have to defend the most sleazy, despicable, and
abhorrent behavior, or come off as hypocritical. The end result is
that we have to "allow" bad behavior because the purveyors have a
"right" to do it.

I believe that the majority of society should decide what's acceptable
and appropriate behavior and appearance, not some "group" which
defends bad behavior on principle alone without any due consideration
for the effects that it has on society.

Dave