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Re: Come on, share the secrets....
No Michael, it is in no way an effort to tell you to cease your remarks.
First, you know that I would not try to censor you, and second, that I
would tell you directly if I ever felt that you should. I wouldn't try to
mask such remarks! You and others know that I have a way of being very
direct when necessary. In this case, I was simply pointing out the full
extent of the Sullivan ruling.
Glen Strickland
At 10:07 PM 3/3/97 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-03-03 20:13:54 EST, Strickland writes:
>
><<
> And the flip side of the coin is that those who under the banner of free
> speech criticize elected officials are themselves being opened up to
> criticism under free speech, and in no way let it be interpreted that the
> author of this intends criticism of anyone on the CEDA-L.
> >>
>I'll agree with this as long as my privacy as an individual is not violated.
>The whole purpose of NYT v. Sullivan was to point how matters of official
>importance, such as those undertaken by public officials, are deserving of
>more scrutiny than an individual. The points I make are not personal
>revelations at all, but deal with the actual way CEDA business is conducted.
>
>Feel free to criticize any issue or idea that I have expressed. I certainly
>trust that this is not a backhanded way of saying that I'd be better off if I
>kept my mouth shut.
>
>Bear
>
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