I think it is reasonably clear this was a reference to the Iroquois Theatre fire where 602 people died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-theater-blaze-killed-hundreds-forever-changed-way-we-approach-fire-safety-180969315/
Thanks, Donald =============================== Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 2386 Panoramic Circle, Apopka, FL 32703 USA [email protected] On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 5:56 PM John Levine <[email protected]> wrote: > In article <[email protected]> you write: > > > >That would make me wonder how many cases there have been of someone > >"shouting fire in a crowded theatre" where there was no fire and at > >least one person died as a result; ... > > Probably none. That metaphor was used by Justice Holmes in a > now-discredited Supreme Court decision Schenck v. U.S., which was > actually about handing out anti-draft leaflets during WW I. It was > overwrought then and has never been a useful guide to free speech law. > > This seems a wee bit distant from Parler or TOS or Sec 230. > > R's, > John >
