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You go girl!Editor, I agree with Masha Herbst, author of Wednesday's Turnstile, "Ruling Hurts Free Expression." Our right to freedom of speech is perhaps our most important right as United States citizens. She has forgotten a major element of this freedom though: The right to speech does not guarantee the right to be heard or the right to be taken seriously, nor does it allow for another's right to be cut off. The court's decision in this case concerning student fee money obviously took this into consideration. The organizations on this campus and other campuses have an ethical responsibility to allow others the opportunity to have their voices heard, for such is essential to cultural growth and education of our civilization. The student fees used in this case are being used to help diversify campuses and the areas that surround them. Without this funding, many people would not have the financial ability to voice their opinions and that would then be a direct act of infringing on their First Amendment rights. Students don't necessarily have to agree with what this money goes to, and they are obligated to speak out if they are in disagreement. But they should have respect for the constitutional right being respected by this funding. It's the same freedom they are applying while voicing their disagreements. Paul Patton
This kind of "journalism" is uselessEditor, Journalists and the "media" continually amaze me. On the same page (Opinion, March 29) they will stand up and shout in favor of flag burning, because it is protected by the First Amendment, and then run a political cartoon which bashes the protectors of the Second Amendment. Which is it? Is the Bill of Rights important to uphold or not? Or does the media reserve the right (under the First Amendment) to decide which "rights" are important and worth fighting to maintain? How on earth can someone liken the NRA (yes, I'm a proud member) to the Chinese Leadership? The NRA's main objective is to maintain an important right "of the people," which is protected by the Second Amendment. And unlike some supporters of the First Amendment, they have done this peacefully. The NRA is trying to uphold the Constitution and the Bill of Rights for all U.S. citizens. How can you equate this with a despicable dictatorship? This kind of "journalism" is useless. David Scott Carpenter
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