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Originally Posted by dmp You want freedom of the press, but not if it (gasp!) 'Offends!' people - UNLESS those people are "the Catholic Church" or the government? Doesn't make sense.  | I simply want responsibility. I outlined that the Catholic Church has the most irresponsible of all. I don't mind offensive news. The Mohhamed cartoon riots did not happen because of the offensive nature of the cartoons, but because papers around the world rubbed salt in the wound. I may be idealistic, but I would like to see the press act more responsibly on their own.
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