It all but happened. The rabidly ant-gay, anti semite Fred Phelps and his ilk picketed Correta Scott King's funeral.
larry On 2/10/06, Cameron Childress <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:5:196790 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
