[kj] ot: good news!

[melinda grant]

OLIVER I LOVE YOU MATE  ;-D,applause to you,great speach,i second and even 
third what you postED here below  ;-D

melinda--with respect to you ok!! ok,ok ok,thats pushing it ;-)


>From: "B. Oliver Sheppard" <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] ot: good news!

>Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:44:53 -0500

>

>I have no idea how free speech even enters into this. As far as I know, no 

>one said the guy should be banned or gagged. If he didn't give a shit about 

>what anyone thought about him, he shouldn't have a problem with me or 

>anyone else thinking he's a vile racist fuck. You said we're entitled to an 

>opinion -- that's mine. The free speech thing is an entirely separate 

>issue; have no idea where it came from here. If speech is free, I'm free to 

>rant and rave and harp about how the guy was backwards, reactionary bigot, 

>right?

>

>"Live and let live," "free speech," -- lots of nice liberal, hippy-ish 

>values are suddenly conjured up to defend a guy who earned his coin 

>denigrating immigrants, blacks, gays, etc. with all his usual 

>Archie-Bunker-meets-Jabba-the-Hut subtlety. Free speech means the guy can 

>be as hateful as he wants, but it also means we can trash talk him any time 

>we like, including right when he's on his death bed. When Reagan died I 

>wasn't cowed into suddenly getting all warm and fuzzy over him. Not gonna 

>happen here, either.

>

>-Oliver

>

>.....................................................................................................................

>

>

>Mik Raven wrote:

>>

>>IMHO he was a very funny comedian who didn’t give a shit about what anyone 

>>thought about him. He was entitled to his own opinion whether you agree 

>>with it or not and entitled to say it. If you take away that right just to 

>>be politically correct I’m not sure where we would be. Probably with us 

>>smokers outside without any fair debate. I would have thought that Jokers 

>>would not condemn so quickly. Hey, but I’m wrong again about jokers. Not 

>>willing to live and let live, so go on flame me, but it’s not what I 

>>thought the joke was about. I liked the guy. I may not have agreed with 

>>his opinions but he had the right to have opinions that were different to 

>>mine. But finally, so say it’s good news that anyone is dead is just sick!

>>

>>

>

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