Liberaltarian commentary is often short sighted and a whole lot of empty rhetoric but this falls into the stupid and ridiculous category.
CW ----- Original Message ----- From: "d.b.baker" <[email protected]> To: "PoliticalForum" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 03:27 Subject: ‘Stupid’ Disorderly Conduct Laws (add this one to 'stupid" birth laws) [Q] ...All of which brings us back to the Cambridge dust-up. Sgt. Crowley was understandably carrying out his duty to investigate the report, and from the quotes attributed to Gates, the professor was unfair in his comments to an officer doing a good job. But being rude, unfair, or disrespectful should not be illegal, and that’s essentially the effect of most disorderly conduct laws. Our American society increasingly hands more responsibility and control to the great Nanny State. Heightened arrests under disorderly conduct laws enable this frightening progression. President Obama would have been wise to avoid this controversy, particularly since he admits to lacking all of the facts. But ultimately I cannot disagree with the thrust of his statement. Arresting Prof. Gates under the circumstances was stupid and Americans in every state would do well to scale back the reach of disorderly conduct laws. -- http://www.intheagora.com/archives/2009/07/stupid_disorderly_conduct_laws/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
