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On Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:10:27 +1000, Trevor Wilson
wrote:
>On 4/22/2013 1:31 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
>> Trevor Wilson writes:
>>
>>> On 4/21/2013 11:41 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
>>>> Trevor Wilson writes:
>>>>
>>>>> **And I will repeat:
>>>>
>>>>> The 2nd Amendment was written:
>>>>
>>>>> * At a time when reload times were measured in MINUTES, not milliseconds.
>>>>> * At a time when accuracy of muzzle-loading weapons was inferior to a
>>>>> bow and arrow.
>>>>
>>>> So, I take it that you believe the Freedom of Speech clause in the First
>>>> Amendment only applies to speaking from atop a soapbox at the local park
>>>> (no voice amplification), handwritten letters and documents/newspapers/
>>>> books printed using a screw press. It does not apply to radio, television,
>>>> modern high speed printing presses, the Internet or anything involving
>>>> amplification, electronics or any other technology developed since the
>>>> late 1700s?
>>>>
>>
>>> **And there's the rub: Freedom of speech also applies to instructions on
>>> bomb-building, preparation of toxins and other substances, paedophile
>>> materials, along with fear-mongering and hate-inciting materials.
>>
>> That's not the point. If the 2nd only applies to the technology of the
>> time of its passage (inaccurate muskets) then, to be consistent, the 1st
>> can only apply to the technology of the time of its passage. Meaning only
>> handwritten text, newspapers printed with a screw press and yelling from
>> atop a box at a street corner.
>>
>
>**Precisely. You may care to note that, despite the 1st Amendment, truly
>free speech does not exist in the US.
You're a liar, but we all already knew that.
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