On the dangers of crying wol(o)f

[Mullins, Bill]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society
> [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Laurence Horn
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 12:39 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: On the dangers of crying wol(o)f
At the risk of taking an already off-topic discussion further into the
weeds, why should I be compelled, under threat of law, to pay for
television and radio that I don't necessarily support?  Seems to be a
free speech issue here that is often ignored.


>
> Note the subject line below.  This relates to Wilson's
> earlier forwarding--I've read about this proposal in the
> Times, and between that coverage and the message below, I
> don't *think* that this is just another recirculation of the
> same old spam.  (True, a House vote to cut off NPR/PBS
> doesn't mean the Senate will go along, but it is probably a
> real danger this time, especially given other Congressional
> and Administration assessments on what our nation can afford
> and what we can't.)
>
> Larry
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