Comments on: In Celebration of a System That Allows Both Disgusting Films and a Disgusted Audience http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/08/12/in-celebration-of-a-system-that-allows-both-disgusting-films-and-a-disgusted-audience/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Steve Gorelick http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/08/12/in-celebration-of-a-system-that-allows-both-disgusting-films-and-a-disgusted-audience/#comment-335 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:51:40 +0000 http://mediaandmayhem.com/?p=350#comment-335 John: Like I said: I may value civility. I may struggle to be civil all the time.

But freedom even trumps civility.

Think of how great it is: We protect the rights of the mean, the cruel, and the despicable.

]]> By: John Mark http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/08/12/in-celebration-of-a-system-that-allows-both-disgusting-films-and-a-disgusted-audience/#comment-334 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:43:24 +0000 http://mediaandmayhem.com/?p=350#comment-334 Well said. Some of the comments that were posted lack basic decency. I champion you for encouraging free speech, even amidst some of the more crude comments you received.

]]> By: Anonymous http://mediaandmayhem.com/2008/08/12/in-celebration-of-a-system-that-allows-both-disgusting-films-and-a-disgusted-audience/#comment-294 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:10:44 +0000 http://mediaandmayhem.com/?p=350#comment-294 Thank you for being absolutist. Too many people hear or see things they find offensive and call upon the powers that be to enact some law or policy to stop it. Too many OTHER people would call your actions an assault on free speech without understanding that the first amendment only applies to GOVERNMENT action and NOT to private action.

Thank you for championing free speech and exercising it as well.

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