I'm not sure if this is technically fighting words, but I suspect many people would agree with Mark as to the feelings generated by these protests.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scarberry, Mark Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:46 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: IIED and vagueness Then I suppose I'd be inclined to argue that IIED as applied in this case is constitutional on Eugene's approach, because what the protesters were doing was very much like fighting words and should not be considered to be protected speech. I'm not sure the quote is correct, but I think H.L. Mencken said, "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." I have to say that if the law cannot somehow restrain these despicable protesters from inflicting such harm on grieving relatives of fallen soldiers, many of us will be tempted. The protesters can hold their protests anywhere else and any other time. On the theory that if one quote is good, two must be better, I'll add that if the law cannot prevent them from doing so at a soldier's funeral then Mr. Bumble was right that "the law is a ass--a idiot." Mark Scarberry Pepperdine
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