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Old 05-08-2008, 09:53 PM   #49 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Zankou View Post
So if you've never been to a place, you have "no right" to comment about it?

Does this new rule o' yours hold true only for those who watch Fox News, or is everybody else in on it? And does it extend to the Middle East region alone, or are other regions of the world included? Do time periods count as well -- are we precluded from commenting on prior times since we didn't live through them? You yourself follow such rules? Damn, you're principled.

Or -- and this is just a guess -- could it be that you're making up stupid ad hoc "rules" to beat down speech you find offensive, rules you didn't think through because all you care about is your own point of view? If so, you'll surely find (or have already found) a lot of useful precedent in the speech laws of the Middle East.
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