Widening Difference
From the desk of The Brussels Journal on Tue, 2007-06-26 16:38
A quote from Mark Steyn at The Corner, 26 June 2007
One of the ever widening differences between the US and Europe is that in the former (despite the best efforts of McCain-Feingold) there is stilll a First Amendment while in Europe it's ever more assumed that there is no such thing as a "right to free speech": instead it's the state's role to serve as the arbiter of approved speech.
No Bhong hits for Jesus
Submitted by Amsterdamsky on Wed, 2007-06-27 09:28.
Not quite free speech but beter than in europe. Oddly the same Supreme Court said students had the right to protest the war in Vietnam in school and that was protected speech but when you discuss drugs you are not protected in the US (nor is your property or freedom). Oxycontin for Jesus maybe?
For the record
Submitted by roughdoggo on Tue, 2007-06-26 23:44.
Mr Steyn, to bolster his argument, uses the distorted "reporting" regarding the Lerle case which has been spread about on various blogs, including this one. He would do well to check the following web pages:
forum.darwincentral.org/viewtopic.php?p=151298&sid=59d5669bd4f9a8d9cc6da228d01ef93b
homepage.mac.com/gerardharbison/blog/RWP_blog.html#bcw204497756