01-22-2016, 09:06 AM
(01-22-2016, 08:21 AM)gstanford Wrote: Once again we don't use cars to speak, we do the internet.
And we've never needed a license to speak, nor should we.
Anonymity is the soul of free speech.
A guy posting as "Celtics Fan" may be far more likely to give an honest opinion of Obamacare, or conversely the House govt shutdowns.
Do we "need" Celtics Fan's thoughts on either? I'd say "yes" because grassroots discussion is how public opinion is formed, then people elected, then laws created or changed.
The writers of the Constitution and Biil of Rights would certainly have been against this.
Not to mention (again) the only people who will register will not be the ones the govt wants to catch.

