"Scotty" wrote in message oups.com...
neal writ; They believe very strongly in freedom of speech as do I.

FREEDOM! freedom has a price. freedom of speech is not
unconditional.

Freedom of speech is unconditional. Here's a refresher course.

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom
of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.


Someone must draw a line somewhere. Do you not agree?


I disagree. I don't even buy the yelling fire in a crowded theatre
idiocy. I certainly don't buy the so-called hate speech argument.
Speech is speech. Nowhere in the First Ammendment does it say
congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, except
for hate speech, or yelling fire in a crowded theatre or. . . .

We can't have jerks yelling ''FIRE'' in a theatre. Agreed?

Yes we can. That's free speech according to the Constitution.


You wouldn't want an older man talking dirty to a pre-teen girl.
Right?

Happens all the time. It's free speech. It's not my business to
police speech.


No one wants their neighbor yelling out shakespere at 0200. Well?

He is free to yell anything he wants. That he will eventually get
his jaw broken is the result of his ****ing people off but he still
has the right to yell Shakespeare at 0200 hours.


So, do we agree that there must be a line somewhere? And if that line
is crossed, there must be consiquences(?) to pay.

There is no line respecting free speech. Read the First Amendment
again and again until that fact sinks in.

CN