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Originally Posted by Sly
Okay so then we need to find out if he was arrested simply because he was there and had particular opinions or if he was arrested because he was there to promote a book that supported particular opinions. If he was just there saying hello... then sure, not a fair comparison. If he was there promoting a book, that's a fair comparison.
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They wanted to hang Thomas Paine too, and ever since reading the Paine story, I have chosen to always fight for the book writers, no matter the subject matter.
Hate him all you want, the moment you support locking people up for books, you are a nazi yourself.
I think it no coincidence, Thomas Paine was convicted of libel against the crown for
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rights_of_Man
Perhaps many need to reread Paine's great works.,