[Prev|Next|Index] Thu, Feb 22, 1996 Jamie Currea

Freedom & Freedom of Speech

     By Jamie Currea

     I have served most my adult life in the Armed Forces guarding
     those freedoms we have all grown accustomed to. This is why I
     feel it most important to speak out on this issue. We have always
     been told “freedom isn’t free”, well that may never be more true
     than right now.

     The latest telecommunications laws make freedom of speech on the
     internet a crime. While it is true that the medium allows those
     individuals who would commit criminal acts another avenue of
     approach to their victims, I can not agree with the suppression
     of free speech as the solution.

     I have seen a recent trend in law making as of the late to try to
     outlaw activities as a PREVENTION to problems, this never works.
     It’s like outlawing walking across the street to avoid people
     getting run over. Sounds logically at first, but upon further
     thought, never addresses the real problem, and it’s only real
     effect is to take freedom from the law abiders, those that that
     it is intended for, shun it!

     A healthy dose of common sense will allow anyone to realize this
     latest law simply doesn’t make sense.

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