RE: Shots fired in Dallas of mohammed cartoons.
May 7, 2015 at 10:53 am
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2015 at 10:58 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(May 6, 2015 at 4:40 am)Hatshepsut Wrote: I like freedom of speech but in reality we have it in the USA only because our government chooses to permit it right now. There's nothing inviolable about "rights," which are after all just things the government agrees to abide by. The government's agents have the guns and ultimately the say on what the rules for life will be. Those rules can change quickly in a political crisis. You can bet the minute top officials in the U.S. government begin worrying about the security of their hold on power, free speech will go out the window and people who say the wrong things will risk getting shot.
Go to 2:30 for the segment pertinent to this discussion -- but the lead-up is funny as hell, too.
