[6953] in APO-L
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Kaiser)
Sun Oct 17 15:28:12 1993
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1993 19:20:00 GMT
Reply-To: David Kaiser <0005658848@mcimail.com>
From: David Kaiser <0005658848@mcimail.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L%PURCCVM.BITNET@mitvma.mit.edu>
ALLOW ME TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE CAPS, I DO NOT WISH TO APPEAR RUDE. LIMITATIONS OF
THE TERMINAL.
REGARDING THE ISSUE OF CENSORSHIP, I HAVE BUT ONE THING TO SAY: DEMOCRACY IS, BY
ITS OWN NATURE, VERY MESSY AND HARD TO CONTROL, PRONE TO INAPPROPRIATE OUTBURSTS
OF MISGUIDED PUBLIC OPINION, AND SUBJECT TO SEEKING THE LOWEST COMMON
DENOMINATOR OF DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE: TYRANNY OF THE MANY
BY THE FEW, WHO CLAIM SPECIAL ABILITY TO DECLARE AND ENFORCE WHAT IS
"ACCEPTABLE" AND "APPROPRIATE." OUR COUNTRY IS DEDICATED TO FREEDOMS OF SPEECH
AND EXPRESSION. IS OUR FRATERNITY, A SERVANT OF THE DOWN-TRODDEN AND VOICELESS,
NOT ALSO CONCERNED WITH SUCH FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS?
DAVE KAISER
"DAISY"
MU ALPHA CHAPTER, LINE 63
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, 1990
