On 5/10/05, Ben Doom wrote: > property. Burning on someone else's property would constitute > tresspassing and vandalism, after all. :-\
A minor crime while a hate crime has a harsher punishment. A cross burning across the street can have the same affect as one burning on your lawn. > The NAMBLA example, I'll quickly believe. It seems to me that as long > as you don't lie, any printed material should be covered by the First > Amendment. Otherwise, you run the risk of redefining journalism > (something we're seeing right now with blogging) and preventing the > encouragement of peaceful, though illegal, protesting. As abhorrent as > I think the contents of the pamphlet you describe are, I still think > they should be protected. Anyone who carries them out, however, should > be castrated (for a start). May the punishment fit the crime. What if someone stalked your family and published info on when, where and how to rape and murder your family? Is it good that the cops have access to the same info because they will know how to protect you? You could constantly change your schedule to protect yourself so no harm done. That is if you knew about it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156954 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
