On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 08:47:09PM -0800, Tim May wrote, quoting someone:
> >
> >But now, I am beginning to see what you are saying. We shouldn't blame
> >*speech* for the result of speech. It's the *result* of said speech that
> >should be the grounds of wrongness. Makes sense to me.
>
> If you are this easily persuaded, and come at "free speech" with such
> confusion, you have a lot of reading ahead of you. I envy you,
> actually.
Right. Put another way, the reason we care about free speech and
want to protect it is precisely *because* it has powerful results.
-Declan
