>Can we have one day
>of celebrating without
>the usual depressing news

YOU can have one any time you like... just close your eyes and tell yourself it's all OK. Lock yourself inside, put up streamers and don your party hat, and pretend everything is dandy.

BUT if you're asking for one day -- or even one minute -- where you get to dictate which topics can or cannot be broached on downtown public streets... well then, you can bloody well guarantee that not only are you not going to get your wish, but you're going to piss off a whole lot of people, as well.

And really, if you think "no free speech" day is such a winner idea, then I have to wonder just how often you'd like to have them.