Pravda: I love free speech; I hate free speech
NOVANEWS
By: VT Senior Editors
Several years ago, when I was in law school, a classmate and I were discussing topics from our Constitutional Law class. When it came to the so-called “right to bear arms” (the second amendment), he passionately stated, “This right is an individual right, and nobody can restrict it or take it away!”
It just so happened that in the city where he was from, there was an ongoing effort to ban an adult publication, despite arguments from legal scholars that such a ban would violate the free speech clause (found in the first amendment).
When I asked him about that, he replied, “Well, if the majority of people don’t want this publication, then the city should have the right to ban it.”
To which I replied, “Well, what if the majority of people want to rest...