"The First Amendment allows people to have attitudes"
Well, my friends, it finally happened. I have been called out by Ben F. See. Apparently, he didn't much like the premise of my most recent column about the First Amendment (just scroll to the bottom to see his response). He didn't go so far as to condemn me or tell me to leave ACU, but I'm obviously not allowing God's law to govern my life as the "student adviser" of the Optimist.
I'm not so sure Brother See would fair much better on the First Amendment survey than the high school students I talked about in my column. Especially with his novel idea that the First Amendment now controls what attitudes people can have. I don't know which is scarier: that high school students think the First Amendment goes too far or that Brother See believes the First Amendment includes provisions for freedom of thought (or nonfreedom of thought from his point of view).
If you've got some free time on your hands, scroll through Ben's 20 other online responses to Optimist articles. That's some classic reading. Oh the joys of a devoted, yet misguided, reader. The man even inspired many lines from the second half of that column, so at least he provides me with something to write about in the paper ... and an entire post on my blog.
I'm not so sure Brother See would fair much better on the First Amendment survey than the high school students I talked about in my column. Especially with his novel idea that the First Amendment now controls what attitudes people can have. I don't know which is scarier: that high school students think the First Amendment goes too far or that Brother See believes the First Amendment includes provisions for freedom of thought (or nonfreedom of thought from his point of view).
If you've got some free time on your hands, scroll through Ben's 20 other online responses to Optimist articles. That's some classic reading. Oh the joys of a devoted, yet misguided, reader. The man even inspired many lines from the second half of that column, so at least he provides me with something to write about in the paper ... and an entire post on my blog.
posted by Jonathan at
11:56 PM
2 Comments:
Ah, welcome to the Condemned by Ben F. See Club. It's so much fun in here. He probably has our addresses written down somewhere, planning an attack if we continue to get out of hand. But you must remember that you are a member of the Lord's church, so he can't think you're that bad. Just misguided by the evil media.
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Sarah, at 8:33 PM, February 13, 2005
I can't wait to write something vile enough to become a member of this club, and it will be interesting to see his response since I'm obviously NOT a member of the Lord's church. Bless his heart ...
By
Lori, at 11:04 PM, February 13, 2005
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