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Thank God for free speech
::::::::: Maybe you're right, RJJensen. I have an open-mind about it. If I'm right, then I learned a great deal by researching and debating this issue. And if you're right, then I learned even more! Thanks for your insights.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:34, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::::: Maybe you're right, RJJensen. I have an open-mind about it. If I'm right, then I learned a great deal by researching and debating this issue. And if you're right, then I learned even more! Thanks for your insights.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:34, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::Thanks for the stimulus :) [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 23:47, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::Thanks for the stimulus :) [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 23:47, 21 March 2009 (EDT)
A parting shot, not intended to re-open a closed issue:
*Perhaps Machiavelli was evading censorship by clothing his critique in (apparent) praise. I gather [[Jonathan Swift]] used satire to get political points across in the era before [[freedom of press]] became the norm in the Christian West. If so, then I guess we can thank God that we now live in an era where we can speak our minds (even in an international forum such as this encyclopedia-writing project) without fear of retribution. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] <sup>[[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]]</sup> 13:38, 23 March 2009 (EDT)