On 2/10/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Think about this in perspective, what do you think would have happened if > during the late Martin Luther King's wife funeral some reps from the local > KKK arm showed up distributing pamphlets? Is that not free speech too?
Actually, in the above example it is about free speech and this sort of thing happens somewhat frequently in the US. Those folks even get police protection because they are exercising their right to free speech. However screwed up their opinions are, they have the right to be jerks if they wanna. It wasn't covered by the news, but I would not be suprised at all to hear that this exact scenario actually happened during the funeral. It's about free speech until someone gets hurt and/or breaks the law, and then it's a simple matter of being a crime and the perpetrator being a criminal. > Do you think much dialogue would have ensued? I think not. Much dialogue probably wouldn't ensue, because people understand that the hate groups are crackpots and just ignore them. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:196786 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
