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p>Blessings on you, Jed. And, again, it was delight to listen you last week. br> -- Sharon Johnson /p>

You asked "under Stewart, it should not [be protected]. It should be classified as 'instructional speech' that 'creates a public danger.'" I totally agree.

p>I remember watching a reporter at Paul Johnson's house, after his head was sawed off. He picked up a note that a neighbor had left at his home and it said "YESTERDAY I WASN'T A BIGOT... TODAY I AM." That pretty well sums up how I feel. br> -- Yvonne Sargent br> Crystal Lake, Illinois /p>

Jed Babbin asks, with regard to Islamic hate speech:

"Where do we draw the line with sufficient clarity to pass constitutional muster? Where does freedom of speech and religion end, and where does advocacy of terrorist acts begin?"

Perhaps the administration should label this "commercial speech," since much of it involves raising money. To avoid the red tape of the criminal justice system, enforcement should go to the IRS.

Or perhaps Bush can classify this as "political speech," since much of it is directed to recruiting people to adopt a point of view, and to join their struggle for a desired political outcome.

Our courts have long been circumscribing "commercial" speech, and more recently, with Congress, "political" speech. Or what our Founding Fathers knew as, simply, speech.

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