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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 22:23:27 -0400
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On 4/17/2025 10:08 PM, AMuzi wrote:
> On 4/17/2025 9:01 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
>> 
>> Oh, and "speech" in the form of millionaire or corporate campaign 
>> contributions is an abomination.
> 
> How so?
> If I have an individual right to free speech (and I absolutely do), then 
> why may my right be curtailed when I join with others of like mind?
> 
> It's a long standing feature of common law (well before USA) that 
> corporations are fictitious persons, entitled to rights of their 
> composite individuals when they act as one.

Common law or not, I think the idea of a corporation being a "person" is 
nuts. But even if one accepts their "personhood," they should be limited 
to the amount of speech that _one_ person can produce.

And "speech" measured in dollars is an abomination.


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- Frank Krygowski