On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:34:36 -0500, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, Sharky
<sharky@hellsgates.cor> wrote:
>
[snip]

> The problem with his logic, at least as far as the US Constitution is
> concerned, is that the First Amendment of the US Constitution only
> protects "political speech". Slander and libel are not protected, nor
> is speech or writing that would incite or threaten violence.
[snip]

More to the point, the First Amendment only applies to *government*. Go read
it: "Congress shall make no law..."

It's not a matter of *what* is being said; it is a matter of who's trying to
silence you.

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