That may be so about property. However the main point is that most if not all people seem to think that their constitutional rights give them some sort of protection against violating normal common sense. Sure you have a perfect right to say anything you like and publish anything you like. Congress and by extension the states, (by an amendment to the Federal Constitution who's number quite escapes me at the moment), cannot make a law to stop you and you cannot be arrested and punished for holding and spreading those your views, as long as they're not provably factually untrue, (if they are there are laws governing slander and libe that take effect). It doesn't give you the right to trespass, to get in someones face, (especially to the point that assault might be reasonably assumed), to disrupt other's meetings, especially if on private property. The student in question was an idiot! If you do something designed to provoke you shouldn't be surprised when it works. The fact that the Cops, they weren't private security AFAIK, overreacted is another matter and they are already paying the price.
frank theriault wrote: > On 9/26/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Churches and schools, even publicly funded schools are considered >> private property under most if not all state laws. I know that may seem >> strange but it's true. They are not public space such as a public street >> public sidewalk or Town Square. There are exceptions, here in New >> England, if you live in a town with town meeting government, and the >> school auditorium is used for the meeting, or really small places where >> the town meeting house might double as the church, for that time, it is >> public space, but even then you are under Roberts Rules of Order, and if >> you attempt to disrupt the meeting you can be ejected and arrested. He >> was being a nuisance, then trespassing, and creating a disturbance, and >> eventually resisting arrest. (It's amazing how quickly being a nuisance >> can become resisting arrest). The only absolute right you have to >> freedom of speech is in the public square, truly public property, (town >> or city hall, meeting rooms etc.), and on your own property, and even >> there you're not allowed to force people to listen to you, if you try to >> force them that can actually be construed as assault, kidnapping or >> worse, you should know that. There may be attempts at constitutional >> actions but no judge in his right mind should allow them to arise in his >> or her court. >> > > Interesting. > > Our law WRT public/private spaces is different from yours. > > cheers, > frank > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
