Protestantism

» paper_turtle - One more thing (free speech)

Yesterday while channel surfing I happened to catch a woman talking about the situation with Imus. She made some very interesting points.
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She said listening to shock jocks is like ingesting poison, little by little. You might not notice the effects at first, but eventually you become ill from the effects of the poison.
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She said the person giving out the poison doesn't realize he is also poisoning himself.
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She said a truly free person does not seek to infringe upon the freedom of another--because if one man is not free, none of us are. Hateful words eat away at the freedom of others. They threaten the ability of another to pursue happiness.
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Laws are enacted in part because we refuse to be responsibile. Recycling in mandatory because some people persist in wasting the earth's resources. If we do not use our words responsibly, what else can we expect than someone else forcing us to do what we should have--voluntarily and willingly--done in the first place (as an exercise in the golden rule, if nothing else).
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle

-- posted by paper_turtle