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Paying for speech

Reader comment on item: Report on Hanan Ashrawi and Colorado College

Submitted by Jack Caughran (United States), Sep 30, 2002 at 13:46

With respect to the post from Susan Salisbury, wherein she says: "I am being oppressed because I am being forced to support political speech with which I disagree whenever I pay taxes."

This would pretty much stop a lot of speech because any speaker would be disagreeable to some who pay taxes. More generally, my tax dollars are spent in many ways that I would not appove of. That doesn't mean I should be excused from the tax payments.
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Title Commenter Date Thread
Islamo-"Christian" anti-Jewish "Palestinian" Hannan Ashrawi ... [1980 words]MaliaJul 10, 2012 00:13197106
Those talk where transcribed [19 words]AronSep 19, 2003 23:1011357
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Background on Ashrawi-Please help [76 words]Eliot GarsonOct 7, 2002 09:112949
Paying for speech [79 words]Jack CaughranSep 30, 2002 13:462733
Yes. Delegitimize [90 words]Susan SalisburySep 30, 2002 13:112731
There are absolutes - Good & Evil - Right & Wrong! [685 words]John ReindersSep 24, 2002 13:572603
Delegitimize? [117 words]Jack CaughranSep 23, 2002 12:072595
Richard Celste: Part of The Bigger Problem [97 words]RobinSep 20, 2002 16:452576
Tolerance or Ignorance? [182 words]D ConnellSep 20, 2002 10:072572
Some ethical issues about free speech [398 words]Irfan KhawajaSep 19, 2002 22:392566

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