Unless its a well-founded and thoughtful opinion, not a screechy attack based in extreme partisanship because someone doesn't like Republicans, or is bitter that George Bush won the Presidential election, or is bitter that a Republican is getting the credit for liberating an oppressed country and would actually prefer to see its people continue to live under the rule of a murderous dictator rather than see a Republican get the credit for liberating them.
The value of your opinion is derived from the substance within it, not from your right to express it.
See above.
Ever heard of an analogy? Guess not.
Ummm...nevermind.
Hey, you got one right! Well, almost right. It is our responsibility to scrutinize our own opinions, too. I'm afraid it will take much more than one's conscience to serve as a guide, it requires critical thought and a rejection of demagoguery as well. If we could raise the bar of political and public discourse a few notches, instead of the current Jerry Springer-esque climate, it would go a long way towards solving problems instead of fighting over them.
If you could provide an example of someone being thrown in prison because of their opinion, I'd sure like to see it.
We all know that happens in China and Iraq (though not for long, much to the chagrin of antiwar protestors and Bush haters). Of course, I was referring to the United States.
And Communism demands Party control over all manners of governance from the ground up in order to maintain and protect Communist tenets. Communism cannot survive without it. Communism cannot survive with it, either, because its a hopelessly unworkable ideology, but that's beside the point.
IOW, its far more than just an economic system.
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