On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> 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:314381 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
