tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post7542342802173093034..comments2024-01-29T17:58:00.974-05:00Comments on Galileo Blogs: Hands Off Barry BondsGalileo Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-88489174850927618652007-11-19T13:05:00.000-05:002007-11-19T13:05:00.000-05:00Thank you, Inspector, and for your comments.Thank you, Inspector, and for your comments.Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-62736044236751666762007-11-19T00:25:00.000-05:002007-11-19T00:25:00.000-05:00Sorry; that should read "our individual rights dep...Sorry; that should read "our individual <I>rights</I> depend on it."<BR/><BR/>And well said, Galileo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-88698071694865168812007-11-18T20:00:00.000-05:002007-11-18T20:00:00.000-05:00I cannot agree more. People seem to understand you...I cannot agree more. People seem to understand your point better with free speech, and are willing to support the right of Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members to speak freely in order to defend the principle. However, even that is being eroded, witness the speech codes on public university campuses and periodic attempts to legislate against speech that denigrates a particular minority group.<BR/><BR/>People need to learn that freedom means that each person is responsible for his own life, even if a particular person uses that freedom to hurt himself.<BR/><BR/>Another way to put it: I am not my brother's keeper. It is wrong to compromise my liberty in order to protect him from himself.Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30495100.post-48440628411450663102007-11-18T18:17:00.000-05:002007-11-18T18:17:00.000-05:00They Who Think They Own Us will not stop at ruling...They Who Think They Own Us will not stop at ruling what medicines and medical procedures (i.e. abortions) we choose for our bodies - they will seek to control us down to the last detail. Cigarettes, French Fries (i.e. trans-fats), and now even <I>soda</I> are among the things the government wants to deprive us of our choice to consume.<BR/><BR/>Barry Bonds is a great example, too, because it is always the unpopular examples that the government uses to break our freedoms. People operating on a purely emotional level won't defend Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, or users of hard drugs. But our individual depend on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com