[403] in Discussion of MIT-community interests
Re: racism, classism, environmental justice...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Prez H. Cannady)
Tue May 1 08:28:59 2001
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Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 08:28:23 -0400
To: Ray Jones <rjones@pobox.com>, Aimee L Smith <alsmith@MIT.EDU>
From: "Prez H. Cannady" <revprez@MIT.EDU>
Cc: asarahm <asarahm@MIT.EDU>, mit-talk@MIT.EDU
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At 04:54 PM 4/30/01 , Ray Jones wrote
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>Fitting words, since those with whole consciences know that supporting
>free speech means supporting it for everyone, even those who say
>things we find offensive.
Which is why people like you, from concientious objectors
to moral outragists to Dean Orme Johnson are forever doomed
to a life of searching for the perfect code of ethics
to live by -- always wondering "did I do the right thing?"
"Did I stand up for myself and what I believe in today?"
"Did I tell a grown man to stop drinking?"
It's tonfoolery, y'here! Free speech is only so free
as long as you can get away with it. You're goal in
life should be to maximize your personal free speech
and limit everybody elses by whatever means you have
available. Imagine what would happen if I started
exercising my First Amendment Rights on yo'mama? I'm
sure your conscience would turn tail and run like
hell.
If you find it offensive, call it. Aimee finds a lot
of things offensive, and she calls people on it all
the time. It's a lot less tiresome than hearing
people fall head over heels in love with their
worst enemies trying to justify their actions and
words in the context of a set of poorly selected
morals and ethics. Hell, I like Aimee because she
speaks from the gut, not from a mush pit of
intellectually-draped bullshit crowned by a
talentless hack of a writer who -- by the way -- talked
more about Objectivism than she ever came close
to living it. I'm the closest thing to what
Ayn Rand wanted to be that you're gonna find in New
England, and the Objectivists are running scared.
Borderline sociopathic with a touch of gut feeling
that can be the most humane thing in the world.
And I can rhyme.
Rev Prez
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