thats because yelling fire in a theatre makes people run out of the theatre putting them in Physical harms way. Its good to see you are putting that education into not knowing that you can't yell fire in a theatre is from a court case on the use of speech to endanger others. I mean if you don't know simple facts like this you are VERY VERY VERY VERY FAR from being a person to make any comments on the value of limiting speech. You know what obnoxious twits should have been told to shut the hell up. All those protesters at the rebulican convention in Chicago who violated the law saying they couldn't protest and disturb the convention. I am about as far as you can get from being a conservative but Librals super piss me off. Its only ok for librals to protest? What cause you are more right? (pun intended) This kind of talk is exactly what Phil Ochs was refering to in this quote. Librals are a little to the left when things are good and a little to the right when it personally affects them. See his point would be that you are left until you dont' like the rules then you are actually acting like a neocon in restricting speech. SERISOULSY you think Fire in a threatre even relates to protesting what some people perceive as state sponsored secularism. So when those dude threw other shop owners tea in the harbor they should have been looked down on because NOT EVERYONE wanted war with england or there tea in the harbor. Oh OH maybe we can be like china. We can have protest zones. those zones can be in the Mojave desert but all protests are welcome if they do it there. That would help people get the point across. Seriously its a protest if its on public grounds its fair game. Thats how our country works. If its private property call the police and have them arrested for the plethora of laws they are probably breaking.
Its is the right of people to stand up for their morals as long as they don't physically cause harm. Its the most beautiful thing ever. I dont 't think anyone thinks they should be allowed to continue but if you can't grasp that anyone with half a brain cell is n't going to pick that event to protest because thats how the protesters get the coverage they want to tell the world they exist. There are MANY MANY minority groups (not racial minority) Who can only get attention by make a loud noise. They have that right. Just like the tea party. It was a small group affecting a much larger group of people weather they wanted to be disrupted or not.
I can give you a quote by a famous american father though since you are looking for one. Just this dude Benjiman Franklin
Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
PLEASE REALLY ITS THE COST OF LIVING IN A FREE COUNTRY. I don't believe in creationism but I will fight and apparently am for their right to have that belief and speak out against a publicly funded event. If this is you your home or a private museum WITH ZERO NEA or NEH or any other fedral funds then tell them to leave or have police present to have them removed.
You are absolutely right that you don't have the right to not be disturbed on public grounds. Same people are that are saying its wrong to protest or the first to protest their beliefs in very obnoxious ways.
"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is a popular metaphor and frequent misquoting of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s opinion in the United States Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States in 1919. The misquote fails to mention falsely shouting fire to highlight that speech which is merely dangerous and false which can be distinguished from truthful but also dangerous. The quote is used as an example of speech which serves no conceivable useful purpose and is extremely and imminently dangerous so that resort to the courts or administrative procedures is not practical and expresses the permissible limitations on free speech consistent with the terms of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Deb Fuller
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Randy Little <
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> David thats all well and good unless the building and institution are receiving local state or federal funds. Then it for sure does apply as it implies direct support by the governement. While one side doesn't see it a religious issue covered by separation of church and state. One side sees it only that way. In that case they have the right to protest the event in the government funding building on those grounds. In which case no one is condoning bad behavior but I condone their right to protest on what they perceive and religious grounds.
said "Freedom of speech does not mean the right to yell fire in a
crowded theater"?
Seriously, I can't believe we are even making a discussion about this.
The topic of the movie and the larger
philosophical/religious/scientific debate has no bearing on the
essence of the problem - what to do about disruptive people during
museum programs. This applies to crying children, loud gum chewers,
cell phone addicts, chatty Cathys, as well as the righteously
indignant. If people want to protest, let them protest outside the
theater, write letters to the powers that be, and even hand out flyers
to patrons about how what they are about the see is a complete
fabrication. If there is a Q&A session, they can ask whatever topical
question they choose IF they do so in a civil and polite manner. Note,
this is asking legitimate questions, not hijacking the session and
turning it into their own personal forum. In summary, they DO NOT have
the right to deny other patrons opportunity to participate in museum
activities. It's all about basic etiquette, guys. You can't go wrong
with it.
The moment that you start to impinge on the right of someone to
participate in a legitimate activity, you become an obnoxious twit.
The Constitution does not protect the rights of obnoxious twits. (I'm
sure there is a legal definition for "obnoxious twit" but you get the
picture.)
Deb Fuller
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