Re: Here's a post to get things going again

[Andy Sutton <newslists () pessimists net>]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 09:42 -0500, Brian Loe wrote:
> Libel
> Slander
> Speech to incite a riot
> Speech to incite panic - yelling "fire" in a crowded theater
> Speech to drown out another speaker, violating their right to free
> speech 

All can be falsified, which passes my litmus test.  The last involves
the use of force to prevent the exercise of a right, which is a
different problem all together.

> Each "community" is capable of setting up their own rules and, in
> fact, COULD outlaw "booing" if they wanted.

What an interesting take on freedom.

> The "speech" being specifically protected, and this is a point so
> often lost on morons, is POLITICAL speech.

And what is lost on you is the absurdity of classifying speech into
clever little buckets.  There is no difference between political speech
and any other opinion or preference.
-- 
- Andy

Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity.
They seem more afraid of life than death.
  - James F. Byrnes

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