Re: [APD] Free speech

[Jerry Baker <jerry at bakerweb_biz>]

Stuart R Scott wrote:
> That was a sobering moment. I had to decide whether my "ethical stand" 
> supporting the defense fund was  worth investing a couple of thousand 
> dollars up front with a  lawyer. I had to further decide whether it was 
> worth exposing my family's financial well being and also the well being 
> of two aquarium societies. I decided that is was not worth the price to 
> continue. I was unhappy with my decision as I hated backing down on 
> something I believed was a free speech principle but considering the 
> alternatives I felt and feel now that I made the right choice.

There was another alternative: ignore the letter.

My opinion is that if everyone did that, there would be no free speech. 
It is easier to do that when someone else will bear the burden of 
defending the right of free speech, but if every single person had made 
the same decision to cave it would have been a very sad day indeed.

-- 
Jerry Baker
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