You're absolutely right, John. For Freedom of Speech to have any meaning, offensive speech must be protected, too. Abhorrent opinions must be protected. Because I don't want some beaurocrat, politician or judge drawing the line.
The photo may have made us feel uneasy and no one here advocates murder, but that young lady, no matter her personal history, was not advocating it, simply portraying the message of another. What, someone is suddenly going to go shoot a cop and say, "Well, I wasn't going to, but I saw this photo..." Let's be real. She was arrested because cops don't like her. The arrest was wrong and she will almost certainly beat the charges. At least, she should... Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms <[email protected]> Sent: April 6, 2013 4/6/13 To: [email protected] You've already gone over the precipice on your "slippery slope", justifying suppression of her right to free speech because she's "part of some cop hating group or something". -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
