Friday, March 10, 2006
More On The Online Freedom Of Speech Act
Senator Bill Frist is on our side.
I don't really understand how any American could be against the right to free speech in the virtual world. It's not like we put on capes before we sit down at our blog, lean back in our chairs and plug in, and suddenly become:
Maxavius- Winston Churchill reincarnate. Sent to destroy the winged platypus like creatures of Sention 5.
We're still us. This is still only a log; a journal, a diary. We still have real thoughts and real ideas that we must bring to life, because we are curious Americans, and we can.
Free speech is free speech, regardless of the realm of communication.
But that is a different debate altogether.
The fact of the matter is that if they deny us the virtual freedom of speech, that will set a precedent for denying many other forums of first amendment rights in the future.
That is what we are fighting, that is what we must protect.
I don't really understand how any American could be against the right to free speech in the virtual world. It's not like we put on capes before we sit down at our blog, lean back in our chairs and plug in, and suddenly become:
Maxavius- Winston Churchill reincarnate. Sent to destroy the winged platypus like creatures of Sention 5.
We're still us. This is still only a log; a journal, a diary. We still have real thoughts and real ideas that we must bring to life, because we are curious Americans, and we can.
Free speech is free speech, regardless of the realm of communication.
But that is a different debate altogether.
The fact of the matter is that if they deny us the virtual freedom of speech, that will set a precedent for denying many other forums of first amendment rights in the future.
That is what we are fighting, that is what we must protect.
