Comments on: Quote Of The Day http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Free speech is too damn American « Blunt Object http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55199 Free speech is too damn American « Blunt Object Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:16:03 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55199 [...] (source: Jonathan Kay: “A disaster for Canada’s Human Rights Commission”) (hat tip: The Liberty Papers) [...]

]]> By: Which exactly are they protecting? | It looks obvious http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55170 Which exactly are they protecting? | It looks obvious Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:46:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55170 [...] (h/t The Liberty Papers) [...]

]]> By: Mark http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55167 Mark Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:28:56 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55167 So has anyone else noticed that the phrase “Human Rights Commission” is now almost exactly the same thing as “Ministry of Love” or “Ministry of Truth.” And not just in Canada but also here in the US.
Oddly, I always thought human rights were something you had vis a vis the state rather than a right to not be offended by someone you’ve never met.

]]> By: oilnwater http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55165 oilnwater Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2008/04/11/quote-of-the-day-23/#comment-55165 Freedom of Speech might be an American value, but Americans don’t particularly value the practice in this era. Americans might engage in the practice unthinkingly when neccessary, however if asked to evaluate its worth or its necessity as part of the American society, most citizens would fail to connect the practice with the vitality of the Constitutional republic. furthermore, if asked, many citizens would agree that Freedom of Speech needs to be curtailed or regulated in certain cases.

so bottom line, Americans’ declining and oblivious attitudes towards Freedom of Speech is only one aspect of why *our citizens are in fact becoming socialists through and through.* and it’s no wonder that foreigners don’t value our concepts. all they have to do is regard our own attitudes towards the concepts.

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