mumble I am not sure I agree but why take the risk?
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:46 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you give gov't a new power it will misuse it eventually. This is a > proven fact. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Roberts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 11:09 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: _Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > And that is what I am talking about...a very narrow restriction. No > protesting funerary services. Be very clear and concise about it so that it > cannot be construed as anything but. > > Eric > > -----Original Message----- > From: G Money [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 10:27 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: _Speaking_of_the_Supreme_Court:_Marine's_father_ord_ere > d_to_pay_court_costs_to_Westboro_Baptist_Churc > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Doesn't matter...it is a legal precedence, which makes it the law of the >> land. Their right to free speech ends where the family's right to privacy >> begins. When someone is shouting slurs and other obscenities while you > are >> trying to mourn the death of child...yes that does get in the way. > Freedom >> is not without restrictions. It has restrictions because people cannot be >> trusted to use common sense and common courtesy...like these fucktards. > If >> it wasn't for people like these, we wouldn't need laws that restrict our >> freedoms and define where there are boundaries. For most of us, those >> boundaries are common sense boundaries. >> > > The only limits on our free speech are for safety reasons, including: > > - Can't threaten or incite violence > - Can't intentionally set off a panic on a false pretense where resulting > injury is likely > > The westboro idiots violate every aspect of respect and good taste and > common sense...you'll get no argument about that here...but they are very > careful to keep their signs and speech within the limits of our freedoms. > You are proposing a NEW limit on one of our most cherished > freedoms....something not to consider lightly. > > You hinted at an argument that their brand of speech and protest could be a > danger to them and their surrounding communities because the likelihood of > future violence is almost assured. There might be a valid argument for > limiting them to be made along those lines. > > -- > Everybody knows the war is over > Everybody knows the good guys lost > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:314457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
