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jps

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:12:25 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:46:37 -0700, jps wrote:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:09:07 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:25:48 -0700, jps wrote:

On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:04:57 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:14:23 -0700, jps wrote:

Paranoid city officials tightening people's ability to peacefully
assemble on public property...

Since when has "camping" been "speech"?

These people are being told to leave the park at night when they are
supposed to be closed.
Are we going to set the precedent that anyone can sleep in city parks
if they claim to have something to say?
People, go home and come back tomorrow when the park opens again.
Nobody is going to be there at 3AM to hear your protest but the cops
and maybe a few vagrants.

They were marching in the street, heading towards the park. Your
argument has nothing to do with the right to peacfully assemble.

Was the park they were heading for supposed to be closed?

Come on, Greg. That's really a flimsy argument.

They were protesting, walking on public streets. You cannot arrest
them, beat them up or fire a tear gas cannisters at their heads for
what they might do.

The article I read says they were attempting to reenter the park that
they had been kicked out of.

Of course that was on the right wing MSNBC so who knows.

Would you feel as supportive if this was a group trying to put up
Christmas decorations in the park? How about if it was the tea party?
I am sure you would be lecturing us on the limits of free speech and
the rule of law.

I don't think illegally putting up Christmas decorations warrants tear
gas cannisters to the head.

The teabaggers are welcome to march and I'm actually fine if they
decided their cause was so important that they were willing to sleep
outdoors and cause a ruckus. I disagree with their agenda but that's
not a reason to promote violence on behalf of the police.

You're right, I have problems with free speech when it's Nazi's doing
the talking but I didn't write the laws.