----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 11:00 AM Subject: RE: Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt
> --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The mall security people didn't ask them to leave. > > They asked them to take > > off their shirts. Do you mind that? > > > > Since you guess they really were "harassing > > shoppers," why was mall > > security's response to tell them to take off their > > shirts? What kind of > > security policy is that? Is it okay to bother > > people in the mall if you're > > NOT wearing certain kinds of shirts? > > > > How many clues does it take to become obvious what > > the real issue was? > > > > Nick > > Since any criticism of the antiwar movement is > inevitably and immediately called censorship, and we > have a sworn statement that they were doing more than > the protesters claim, more than we've got, actually. Actually we don't. > All I've seen is the claim by the protesters that they > were asked to take off their shirts - since I give > them little or no credibility, that isn't going very > far. Well, lets look at who was arrested: Downs is the director of the Albany Office of the state Commission on Judicial Conduct, which investigates complaints of misconduct against judges and can admonish, censure or remove judges found to have engaged in misconduct. IMHO, it is reasonable to assume that he is fairly well acquainted with the law....well enough to antagonize war supporters without doing any harassing at all. I'd bet he wasn't actually harassing shoppers, just offending folks who didn't like his view...probably on purpose. The charges were dropped, which may indeed have been a business decision by the mall, so we'll never know for sure. I would have guessed though that someone who was for going into Iraq and who had actually been harassed would have been willing to state that for their 15 minutes of fame. If I had actually been harassed, I would have been happy to tell folks. As far as any countering of anti-war protesters being the act of a tyrannical government, I agree that is silly. They should have exactly the same rights as anti-abortion protesters. Dan M. Dan M. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
