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Giving Offense |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / POINT/COUNTERPOINT: PUBLIC FUNDING OF ART |
| Author: John Frohnmayer |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 4,130 Words, 23,615 Characters |
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Thomas Paine, the great pamphleteer and author of Common Sense, said regarding the Constitution:
He that would make his own liberty must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach himself.
This is an interesting quote because it calls not upon high-minded principle, but rather upon frank self-interest. I must protect another's liberty because someday I may need that person to protect mine. It recognizes the plastic nature of democracy; that it is constantly becoming, it is never fixed, secure, or comfortable. Each generation must reenfranchise both our democracy and the First Amendment, which I consider, incidentally, to be the absolute bedrock of our democratic system. It says:
Congress shall make no la...
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...y an enabler. The ideas belong to our diverse and sometimes brilliant artists--patriots who are bold enough to tell the truth as they see it.
The motto of the old Chicago Times was, "It's a newspaper's duty to print the news and raise hell." Sometimes it is the artist's duty to tell the truth and raise hell, too. We need to face that truth, now, more than ever. Offense is necessary. vbcrlf
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