Freedom of Speech: Words are not Deeds

184 Pages·1994·27.528 MB·English

by  Harry M. Bracken

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LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
Bracken,HarryM.
Freedomofspeech wordsarenotdeeds / HarryM.Bracken,
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p. cm.
Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN0-275-94719-X
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1. Freedomofspeech UnitedStates. 2. Freedomofspeech
Canada. 3. Racisminlanguage. I. Title.
KF4772.B73 1994
342.73,0853—dc20
[347.302853] 93-5444
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Copyright©1994byHarryM. Bracken
Allrightsreserved. Noportionofthisbookmaybe
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LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:93-5444
ISBN:0-275-94719-X
Firstpublishedin1994
PraegerPublishers,88PostRoadWest,Westport,CT 06881
AnimprintofGreenwoodPublishingGroup,Inc.
PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
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CopyrightAcknowledgments
The author and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to quote from the
followingsources:
Editorial, Lead, The Globeand Mail (Canada's National Newspaper), February 29,
1992.
Editorial, "TheRightToBeWrong," TheGlobeandMail (Canada'sNationalNews-
paper),August31,1992.
Stanley Fish, 'There's NoSuchThingasFreeSpeechand It's a GoodThingToo,"
Boston Review, February 1992 and "Reply" in "Reader's Forum," Boston Review,
March/April1992.UsedbypermissionofStanleyFish. "There'sNoSuchThingas
FreeSpeechandIt'saGoodThingToo" firstappearedinBostonReview.
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Eugene D. Genovese, "Heresy, Yes Sensitivity, No," The New Republic, April 15,
1991,p.30.
Ina democracyitisnecessary
thatpeopleshould learn to endure
having theirsentiments outraged.
Bertrand Russell