From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 27 2002 - 12:07:24 MDT
--- Rafal Smigrodzki <rms2g@virginia.edu> wrote:
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> I still don't understand how this is a free-speech issue. These
> people
> paid money to hire other people to commit crimes. They are guilty of
> soliciting and financing the commission of a crime. This is clearly
> illegal and not protected by free speech.
>
> Should hiring a hitman be considered free speech? Should Osama bin
> Ladin be protected by free speech because he merely solicited and
> financing terrorists?
THe liberal press and the Democratic party apparatus supports the
Supreme Court's ruling that money = speech, therefore, paying money to
people to express themselves in dramatic action is protected free
speech, under the Campaign Finance laws.... just so long as they don't
explicitly endorse a particular candidate.... ;)
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