On Wednesday 23 July 2003 09:18, Tyler Durden wrote:I live in this area too and this is far different than the one I heard. The description of events that I heard was that he was bothering *no one*, simply walking around wearing a shirt. The mall did make that claim but I haven't heard anyone else say he was bothering anyone. The newspaper story said they mall had one complaint about him, not "many." Also, the subsequent patrons wearing "Give peace a chance" where booted too and they were definitely not bothering anyone. Only when public pressure came to bear did they relent.
> But it sounds like a rehash of the mall incident
You don't know what you're talking about. This happened just a few miles from me, so perhaps I've paid closer attention than you have. T-shirt man wasn't merely minding his own business while wearing an offensive shirt. He was stepping in front of people and haranguing them in front of a large anchor store in the mall. After a while he was asked to leave by a store employee, so he took himself to the food court and repeated the procedure. After complaints from several mall patrons, a security guard asked T-shirt man to either knock it off or leave.
T-shirt man refused, growing more and more aggressive, and eventually the local cops came along and arrested him. (I may have fudged some details, as I'm working from memory, but I don't think I screwed up anything important.)
Let's see, you believe you're engaging in protected speech, rent-a-cops come and tell you to stop, and you don't believe you have to. If you're going to lie down if you believe you have a valid argument then that's really weak.
I happen to agree with those who said that since he was on private property the property owners had every right to boot him off. I just think you should do a little more fact-checking before you post.
Jack
