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Interesting article by Ben Stein published 6/30/2006 12:10:56 AM on spectator.org. Although, you may want to confirm the validity of some of his statements. Specifically, the following two:

"You can't call members of various ethnic groups by slurring words that were common when I was a child. That's called hate speech, and it's barred by law in most if not all parts of the nation."

"What occurs to little me is that if we can tell a man he'll go to jail for calling a black man a name that any child can hear a thousand times a day on rap radio stations..."

Currently, there is not any law barring or punishing "Hate Speech" in the United States. There are "Hate Crime" laws but nothing legally barring you making verbal racial slurs. Therefore, you cannot go to jail (legally) for calling a black, white, green, yellow, or red man a bad name.

These laws do exist in many European countries (where I live). I'm not sure why Ben Stein (someone that's seemingly very well-informed and a lawyer) would write these false statements.

If I'm in error here please let me know.

p>Hope this helps, br> -- Adam Hyer /p>

For years the secular liberals have been on the warpath to diminish and eliminate American icons like our dear "ole glory," the Boy Scouts of America, the "Cross," "Christmas," and even the traditional family (of one man, one woman joined in holy matrimony before making babies) to name a few.

p>I think its marvelous simplistic reasoning on your part, Ben, in regards to the flag burning issue. Using political correctness made law by the liberals to right this terrible wrong. (I think you're on to something.) br> -- John Nelson br> Hebron, Connecticut

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