Posted on 10/23/2005 10:04:39 AM PDT by ncountylee
We all have a consitutional right to protest. But, is there a time when that goes too far?
Michael Price of The Pentecostal Church thinks so. He says he saw it Saturday outside his church, the site of Army Sgt. Troy Ezernack's memorial service.
Ezernack died in early October while fighting the war in Afghanistan.
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I am an avid support of free thought and speech as well as peaceful protests, but I would have cracked somebody upside the head and beat them into silence if I was there.
I understand and acknowledge the contradiction.
These people are scum of the earth. They pretend to be Christian, yet do some of the most un-Christian things I've ever heard of.
Locally, a group of bikers who were veterans surrounded a church where this group was protesting at a funeral, and drowned them out. Hooray for them. Still serving their country.
Bad taste and judgement know no bottom.....
This crew from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas travels the country to disrupt soldier funerals. They are going to one day meet their Muslim buddies in hell at the feet of Satan and spend eternity kissing his rosy red ass.
So9
Totally agree
Inciting a riot is still a crime.
When old Fred Phelps finally croaks, they better not release any details about where his family will be mourning.
There is no contradiction.
They are free to say anything they want. They are not absolved of responsibility for the consequences.
The "speakers" and anyone else you so desire (their employers, their sponsors, their parents, anyone who does buiness with them, etc.)can be ostracisized from society. The rest of us are not denied freedom of action - only the government cannot take action against them for their speach.
And you could always take the risk and beat them to a pulp. You could take the chance that one person on your jury would see this speach as "inciting a riot" and refuse to find you guilty.
A rational person would understand that the speakers are responsible for what they said, and one consequence was they got beat up. I would not convict. A beating would be understandable and rational outcome of their actions.
Freedom of speach and freedom of assembly are not freedom from responsibility.
Totally agree.
They should also bury the bastard in a waterproof casket -- to withstand all the urin from "visitors"...
I'm confident his followers would consider that my legitimate "freedom of expression"......
Right?
Semper Fi
Let's make sure and mention that Phelps was a long time Al Gore supporter.
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