At 07:25 PM 1/10/99 -0800, William Sommerwerck wrote:
>We all have the right to speak freely, but we are not "entitled" to
>foolish, shallow, poorly thought-out, or self-serving opinions. If
>people carefully thought through their opinions before expressing them,
>public discourse would be much more agreeable and productive.
I decided long ago that I'd rather suffer the fools, even be one, than
to await sage advice or brilliant reparte. The former allows for humor,
the latter makes no such accomodation. "Agreeable and productive public
discourse" may be an oxymoron and "if people carefully thought through
their opinions before expressing them" they probably wouldn't. Along
with the right to free speech is the adjacent right not to listen.
Bob
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