Thread: Columbia University - Selective Free Speech
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Old 09-24-2007, 01:54 PM   #42 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by gonefishin View Post
so your solution is to become just like Iran and not allow free speech? how does that teach anything?
I'm all for freedom of speech as being a fundamental right for all US citizens.

But, if that right is extended to foreigners visiting the US, then why shouldn't that same right be extended to Americans visiting Iran?

So, if you are talking about the "freedom of speech," why limit such a liberty to just Americans and foreigners who are inside the US?