The Pamphleteer |
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During colonial times in America, if you wanted to convince or inform people about some issue that you considered important, you went to the local printer and got some pamphlets printed. You then handed them out, read them to anybody that was interested, nailed them to the town bulletin board, or the nearest tree.
The first amendment was specifically written to protect this type of activity and the writers or "pamphleteers".
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Sunday, November 12, 2006
Refdesk Thoughts of the Day: “Facts which at first seem improbable will..." “Facts which at first seem improbable will, even on scant explanation, drop the cloak which has hidden them and stand forth in naked and simple beauty." -Galileo ----- "We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood..." "We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice - that is, until we have stopped saying, 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.' " -Sydney J. Harris ----- "Patience is bitter..." "Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet." -Aristotle ----- |