tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post112498440875366147..comments2024-03-01T06:27:41.786-05:00Comments on Damian McNicholl's Blog: False apologiesM. Damian McNichollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1125583129783779932005-09-01T08:58:00.000-05:002005-09-01T08:58:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comment, though the US does not hav...Thanks for the comment, though the US does not have a monopoly in allowing its citizens to speak their minds freely. This is a comment I hear often by Americans in relation to the US constituution and, while it is true, it should also be borne in mind that there are other democracies throughout the globe where the citizenry can also speak their minds freely. To wit, Europe. Also, in Britain,where there is NO constitution, the people speak their minds freely. These countries are also great to live in as well. So it is erroneous to imply that the US is the only democracy where this happy condition exists ;)M. Damian McNichollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991119735240044243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1125530212002446232005-08-31T18:16:00.000-05:002005-08-31T18:16:00.000-05:00I think this country's first amendment to the cons...I think this country's first amendment to the constitution says that it is perfectly O.K. for anyone to speak his mind, whether sane or wise or not. That's one of the aspects that makes the U.S. a great place to live.<BR/><BR/>I also disagree with your statement about requiring respect for Chavez simply because he is the head of a government. That's the same thinking we used to indulge in about attorneys, doctors, and ministers. Holy crap! Saddam Hussein was the head of a foreign government, and look what we're doing to him.Georganna Hancock M.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13989653997711727130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9911070.post-1125434363469333702005-08-30T15:39:00.000-05:002005-08-30T15:39:00.000-05:00I'm glad you stopped by my blog and left a comment...I'm glad you stopped by my blog and left a comment, Damian. I confess that I had lost track of yours over the busy-ness of the last few weeks and so I am very glad to have access to it again. It is a pleasant and peaceful spot in the general hurly-burly of the blogosphere.<BR/><BR/>I was going to post this comment in your most recent post but then I read this:<BR/><BR/>"What is not okay is for a self-appointed man of God, the leader of a large Christian evangelical group to call for that country's leader's assassination."<BR/><BR/>How true. It can only be to our shame that Pat Robertson was not the first and will not be the last, no doubt, to utter such unChristian sentiments. One can only hope that the members of his church have rather more wisdom than does he.Wyrfuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01108378377720475315noreply@blogger.com