X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.0-r372567 Sender: -1.0 (spamval) -- NONE Return-Path: Received: from newman.eecs.umich.edu (newman.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.11]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k21HFSUV008467 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:15:29 -0500 Received: from dave.mr.itd.umich.edu (dave.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.14.70]) by newman.eecs.umich.edu (8.13.2/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k21HFRFA028013; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:15:27 -0500 Received: FROM boston.eecs.umich.edu (boston.eecs.umich.edu [141.213.4.61]) BY dave.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4405D6A5.49356.4346 ; 1 Mar 2006 12:15:17 -0500 Received: from boston.eecs.umich.edu (localhost.eecs.umich.edu [127.0.0.1]) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k21HFGUV008461 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:15:16 -0500 Received: from localhost (dreeves Æ localhost) by boston.eecs.umich.edu (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) with ESMTP id k21HFG9R008458 for ; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:15:16 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: boston.eecs.umich.edu: dreeves owned process doing -bs X-X-Sender: dreeves Æ boston.eecs.umich.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.0-r372567 (2006-01-26) on newman.eecs.umich.edu X-Virus-Scan: : UVSCAN at UoM/EECS Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:15:16 -0500 (EST) To: improvetheworld Æ umich.edu From: Daniel Reeves Subject: Re: free speech infringement alert (fwd) Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 400 (read from the bottom up) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: [anonymous] Subject: Re: free speech infringement alert I would be ok with sending the Nazi bit to improvetheworld, but not under my name. Anonymous would be best. [...] --- Daniel Reeves wrote: > It's a good thing I took down the Danish cartoons because you're right, > I would have been consistency-bound to post Irving's racist tracts too. > > I do strongly oppose Austria's law, on principle. > > As to why I removed the Danish cartoons, it was after Alyssa's email > about the inflammatory power of religious images which finally brought > home the point that you and others were making that nothing really good > can come from fanning those flames. (Though I'm still torn about this.) > > Do forward this on to improvetheworld if you're ok with having this > conversation become public. > > Daniel > > --- \/ FROM [anonymous] \/ --- > >> It appears as though you have already taken down the Danish cartoons. >> I'd be interested to know why--[...]. I thought you might want to know >> about an actual case of free speech censorship that took place in >> Austria. David Irving, a Holocaust denier, was sentenced to three years >> in prison under anti-Nazi laws. Since you posted the Danish cartoons >> under the banner of free speech, maybe you'd consider posting links to >> Irving's literature. Note that this should be a even stronger >> candidate under your rationale since he was not only being prevented >> from expressing a viewpoint, he is being jailed for it. >> -[anonymous] >> (Just for the record and in case there was any doubt whatsoever, I am >> not actually advocating that you associate yourself with this man--for >> obvious reasons.) -- http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves - - search://"Daniel Reeves"