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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:57:47 +0200
From: Christophe Weibel <weibel@dma.epfl.ch>
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Dan Bongard wrote:
> 
> Jason Nyte (nyte@ods.ods.net) wrote:
> 
> : Are you saying that telling someone that you don't agree with them is
> : as bad as shooting someone for telling them that?

> 
> Another question:
> Is shooting somebody who tries to violate your rights, jail you, and
> steal your property a more moral action than using free speech to
> advocate stripping other people of their rights? Yes, because the
> shooter is acting in self-defense and is acting to promote the
> freedom of himself and others, whereas the speaker is acting in
> a hostile and threatening manner in an attempt to limit the freedom
> of others.

I wonder if you noticed, killing the other is a very different kind of
thing than making him pay a 50$ fine? :-)

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