At 08:18 AM 3/15/96 -0800, you wrote:
Timothy C. May wrote:
Mr. Frantz, unless you can prove your claims here, forthwith, I must inform you that they are in violation of the Truth in Speech Act of 1996. Please retract them, now.
Bill Frantz wrote:
Political speech, not commercial speech. The act doesn't apply or is unconstitutional.
I see: The bill of rights reads: "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of *political* speech". Never knew that until now.
Non-election-related political speech only, of course. And excepting support for Communism or opposition to Prohibition or to approved wars, or to anything the military does to get them approved. #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215 pager 408-787-1281 # "At year's end, however, new government limits on Internet access threatened # to halt the growth of Internet use. [...] Government control of news media # generally continues to depend on self-censorship to regulate political and # social content, but the authorities also consistently penalize those who # exceed the permissable." - US government statement on China...