On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote:
Many of us don't believe this common belief today, that the First is mainly about political speech, is consistent with the intent of the Framers.
Bullshit. The framers made no such distinction. A little thought will demonstrate why such a distinction is specious, and clearly politically motivated. Any speech which is distinguished as political or not raises a question of metric. In particular, who and how. Those questions are political by their very nature. Any speech is political in nature. -- ____________________________________________________________________ natsugusa ya...tsuwamonodomo ga...yume no ato summer grass...those mighty warriors'...dream-tracks Matsuo Basho The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------