At 08:12 PM 6/14/01, rob wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Sloan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 2:09 PM
>Subject: Re: 2nd Amendment
>
>
> > Dean Forster wrote:
> >
> > > this is all beside the point that you don't have to be
> > > part of the militia at all. the wording is very plain
> > > and straightforward: (from the same link above)
> > >
> > > "These arguments all begin from an unexamined premise:
> > > that the Constitution and its Bill of Rights can be
> > > read in bits and pieces so that each provision becomes
> > > a discrete passage. Such a reading of the first amendment
> > > would have legislators proclaiming that individual states
> > > can pass laws abridging freedom of speech, since the
> > > amendment ties its prohibitions of government action to
> > > Congress.
> >
> > Free speech isn't absolute, either. There's the old cliche
> > about yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
>
>Does that mean that when standing in a crowd of armed persons, you cannot
>yell "FIRE" then either? <G>
You can. It's just not a good idea.
-- Ronn! :)
