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You're right. Joel Send a noteboard - 14/09/2009 11:11:38 AM

Let's keep in mind that the first amendment is there to protect unpopular speech, popular speech has never needed protection, no one ever gets dragged away by secret police in the middle of the night for saying how much they like their dictator.

In a nutshell.


I'm sure you've noticed by now that a lot of the objections people have been raising are phrased in a way that makes it pretty obvious that if the word 'islam' had been replaced with something else they wouldn't care, or would say the school was overreacting because the schoolboard was full of nuts, or alternatively a lot the people mention free speech here would have been frothing at the mouth if it had said something else. You take two speerate blind groups and have one where a kid walked in wearing a shirt that said 'save the whales' and another that said 'nuke the whales' and watch as both groups have people scream holy heck that would have shrugged if they'd seen the other shirt. A small sliver will be those who liked the shirt and still say 'We shouldn't have messages on shirts in a public school full of minors' and another small group that hates the shirt but goes ballistic when someone tries to ban it. Those two tiny slivers 'get it', the others are just self-selective when it comes to getting offended.

Personally, the existance of that self-selective morals majority is what I blame 99% of the worlds problems and atrocities on. For every blistering insane psychopath sneaking into power you have a thousand 'innocent bystanders' turning a blind eye or shrugging. But I'm rambling off on a morbid streak here, I'm sure you get my point.

It's not about right and wrong it's about their own tastes. The current form I give it is:

Pithy Pet Phrase #16: 16. Positive action for self is mere enlightened self interest; sacrifice for virtue is the moral test.

Morality and ethics exist independently of how they impact us personally; the ability to recognize that is a key aspect of real ethics. And one lacking to an increasing degree in our world, in large part, I think, because as we've increasingly lost our sense of community to a greater sense of competition we've neglected the Golden Rule more and more. :disapprove:
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Islam is of the Devil - 06/09/2009 03:30:51 AM 1590 Views
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People are stupid. - 06/09/2009 06:25:42 AM 1036 Views
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Re: I'm not advocating the killing of Muslims. - 08/09/2009 10:15:55 PM 916 Views
Okay... - 09/09/2009 04:04:29 PM 864 Views
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The difference is... - 09/09/2009 06:16:13 PM 831 Views
really have you actaully read the Qur'an - 09/09/2009 06:33:38 PM 899 Views
there are some unsavory passages, and he knows it. - 09/09/2009 06:46:59 PM 891 Views
Acrually No I don't. - 09/09/2009 07:52:19 PM 773 Views
Someone should have told Jesus the OT was void - 09/09/2009 10:31:39 PM 906 Views
Jesus was the one who voided it. - 10/09/2009 12:25:18 AM 905 Views
so he was lying when he said he didn't? - 10/09/2009 03:27:14 AM 963 Views
Christ never said that. - 10/09/2009 02:14:53 PM 875 Views
Logicaly, this is a stupid post. - 06/09/2009 03:58:43 PM 925 Views
+1 *NM* - 06/09/2009 08:56:02 PM 419 Views
+2 *NM* - 06/09/2009 10:04:34 PM 387 Views
+3 *NM* - 06/09/2009 10:36:48 PM 408 Views
As an Englishman, why are you even posting in this thread then? *NM* - 07/09/2009 02:49:22 AM 431 Views
Because I can. - 07/09/2009 10:15:57 AM 936 Views
So can he. - 07/09/2009 07:54:56 PM 848 Views
Yes - 08/09/2009 05:59:24 AM 875 Views
It means a lot in context to the situation - 08/09/2009 07:14:50 PM 973 Views
No, it does not. - 08/09/2009 07:20:49 PM 907 Views
So now you can tell me what I can and can't do with my children? - 08/09/2009 11:31:16 PM 939 Views
I can tell you what you can't make your children do in school. - 08/09/2009 11:59:21 PM 885 Views
Re: I can tell you what you can't make your children do in school. - 09/09/2009 04:10:19 PM 967 Views
Re: I can tell you what you can't make your children do in school. - 09/09/2009 04:27:32 PM 1011 Views
Define "disruptive". - 09/09/2009 06:19:36 PM 889 Views
No. *NM* - 09/09/2009 06:26:43 PM 432 Views
Well said *NM* - 09/09/2009 06:55:22 PM 405 Views
Ooh, look, I'm being baited. - 09/09/2009 07:59:28 PM 857 Views
Then your argument has no merit. *NM* - 09/09/2009 07:52:47 PM 406 Views
you are making no sense - 08/09/2009 11:35:12 AM 931 Views
Quite a bit. - 07/09/2009 04:31:59 AM 906 Views
Luke 6:31 *NM* - 07/09/2009 08:41:54 PM 473 Views
That applies to them as well. *NM* - 08/09/2009 07:08:55 PM 316 Views
The thing I think you are missing... - 06/09/2009 07:18:45 PM 968 Views
Wait, what? - 06/09/2009 08:29:14 PM 936 Views
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Yeah, what you said! - 06/09/2009 11:51:19 PM 1009 Views
don't make me get all vulcan on you. *NM* - 07/09/2009 06:13:18 AM 394 Views
Wrong. - 07/09/2009 04:36:49 AM 912 Views
That is why America is different than those countries. Duh. *NM* - 06/09/2009 07:58:53 PM 596 Views
Because in America - 07/09/2009 04:35:24 AM 999 Views
Re: Because in America - 07/09/2009 06:16:05 AM 838 Views
And... - 08/09/2009 07:15:49 PM 858 Views
Jesus, you are a real piece of work. Moron. *NM* - 07/09/2009 11:52:02 PM 296 Views
I don't think I understand your basic reasoning. You can't be saying what it sounds like. - 08/09/2009 01:40:42 AM 921 Views
Go, Tash, go! - 08/09/2009 05:52:01 AM 886 Views
Re: I don't think I understand your basic reasoning. You can't be saying what it sounds like. - 08/09/2009 07:18:00 PM 882 Views
"Their government" is the American government. *NM* - 08/09/2009 07:36:27 PM 371 Views
That is a concept many people can't seem to grasp *NM* - 08/09/2009 08:14:50 PM 382 Views
The elf has a point. *NM* - 08/09/2009 10:18:26 PM 436 Views
And yet I don't see CAIR.. - 09/09/2009 04:07:05 PM 834 Views
Why on earth should it? - 09/09/2009 05:14:30 PM 853 Views
Because... - 09/09/2009 06:25:41 PM 939 Views
Re: Because... - 09/09/2009 07:06:24 PM 1120 Views
Really? - 08/09/2009 08:02:42 PM 826 Views
Re: Really? - 09/09/2009 12:11:36 AM 873 Views
Well it's not about whether it scans right to you. - 09/09/2009 04:06:06 PM 774 Views
Oh, I was just clarifying. - 09/09/2009 06:05:49 PM 828 Views
Re: I don't think I understand your basic reasoning. You can't be saying what it sounds like. - 08/09/2009 11:49:48 PM 956 Views
Failed edit. *NM* - 08/09/2009 11:50:50 PM 414 Views
Exactly. *NM* - 09/09/2009 12:12:52 AM 415 Views
I'm appalled that this was even worthy of note - 06/09/2009 06:46:58 AM 922 Views
Re: I'm appalled that this was even worthy of note - 06/09/2009 07:22:59 AM 1055 Views
It didn't infringe on the First Amendment rights of others. - 06/09/2009 07:28:35 AM 902 Views
Er? You misunderstand the law quite a lot there - 06/09/2009 11:06:04 AM 901 Views
I believe the rest of the Church has done a horrible job explaining... - 06/09/2009 08:02:25 PM 897 Views
When will people learn tolerance/=support...? - 06/09/2009 12:30:23 PM 967 Views
Well said *NM* - 06/09/2009 12:50:11 PM 413 Views
The sad thing is ou know it is the parents driving it all - 06/09/2009 02:37:08 PM 1026 Views
The parents are disgusting idiots - 06/09/2009 03:57:17 PM 918 Views
Fundamentalist nutjobs. Sheesh! *NM* - 06/09/2009 07:57:09 PM 479 Views
The appropriate punishment... - 07/09/2009 06:03:25 AM 925 Views
Punishment for what? - 07/09/2009 09:51:57 AM 928 Views
When did I say anything about a law? - 07/09/2009 10:48:09 AM 893 Views
That's the key point so many forget: - 07/09/2009 11:42:12 PM 771 Views
It's not that they forget, they never 'get' to begin with - 09/09/2009 07:18:09 PM 901 Views
No, that's pretty much it. - 10/09/2009 03:42:25 AM 1007 Views
You're right. - 14/09/2009 11:11:38 AM 1078 Views
If I understand you - 14/09/2009 03:05:39 PM 924 Views
Yes, that was it - 14/09/2009 04:17:45 PM 1054 Views

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