Tuesday, March 11, 2003

THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK

THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK
Be careful where you fly your freak flag, peoples.  In Albany NY shopping malls, you can get busted for wearing a pro-peace t-shirt.  The charges in this case were dropped eventually, but the chilling effect on free speech has already been accomplished.  Albanians, exercise your freedom of non-association - boycott merchants that oppose your civil liberties!  Those who think “give peace a chance” is an offensive or dangerous sentiment should be given the immediate privilege of service with the armed forces now in the middle east.  Those who think a t-shirt threatens their way of life are not living in a country that deserves respect.  If we don’t have the freedom to express a political opinion (that doesn’t involve profanity, bigotry, “fighting words” or other unprotected speech), THE TERRORISTS HAVE ALREADY WON.  Unfortunately, they’re the terrorists we elected - or that were awarded the presidency, anyway…