SC - OT - inalienable freedom of speech

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 11/25/98 6:48:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> Mordonna22 at aol.com writes:
> 
> << There is nothing inate about freedom of speech.  Just because we in the
>  Western World have become so used to employing it, remember that such has not
>  been so in most of the world most of the time.
> 
>  Mordonna DuBois >>
> 
> Agreed. I think the word the Preamble or some such uses is 'inalienable'. :-)
> 
> Ras

The word "inalienable" appears, IIRC, in the Declaration of
Independence, the Preamble is part of the Constitution, and freedom of
speech is guaranteed to American citizens in the Bill of Rights, the
first ten amendments to the Constitution. The trouble is that at the
time (roughly 1776 through 1791), virtually no government on Earth
guaranteed such freedoms to its citizens, and most still don't, at least
not officially and in writing.

Oh, and another thing Americans frequently forget, when they do whatever
the bleep they want, anywhere and at any time, since they're guaranteed
such a level of freedom, is the freedom to rot in the calaboose. 

Adamantius
Østgardr, People's Republic of the East
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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