Posted on 11/16/2005 3:23:30 PM PST by 4lifeandliberty
Are you going to sue?
Anyone you know?
Sue this bastard Jack booted thug for a nice round amount, let's say 100 Million $ should do nicely. Then get a pernamant restraining order against this thug.
Did he do any mosh pit or slam dancing moves? [irony]
There is plenty of free speech in CONnecticut, just not for those repressive conservatives.
Pro-life ping!
Parked at an appropriate location (possibly clinic or pro-choice conference setting)possibly the outer edge of appropriate. Driving down a highway that a totally innocent, obviously pro-life Mothers travel with their minivans full of toddlers....that's NOT appropriate and my sympathies are now with the Officer. AND if I'd come across this "Truck" in the company of my child...I would be furious... I absolutely agree with the protection of "Innocents", but it's hard enough to do in this world without that type of thoughtless self righteousness...
And this comment relates to the specific situation not about my opinion on abortion. This truck could easily be covered by a tarp while on a public street and still be used for its horror in an appropriate location. And, if the "Right" to drive down the street with this image is argued as "Free Speech"...then look out for the Pornography Industry to use the same argument...or Janet Jackson to "dance" at the Super Bowl again...only naked.
I'd be looking for a good lawyer, seems like there would be many chomping at the bit for a case like this.
LVM
I think its perfectly appropriate for toddlers to see what pro-choice mothers are really advocating and I suspect theyd be horrified. I also suspect theyd be really happy that their mommy wasnt one of them.
Having said that Im not too upset either way. You want to fly your freak flag and attract attention, dont get upset when you attract it.
Got a ticket for failure to yield to a pedestrian? BFD contest it. Got arrested? BFD plenty of people have and its not the end of the world.
I dont know what its like in state/fed prison, but understand from relatives and acquaintances that do that its often considerably more structured and simple than county jail (and I DO have some past experience in that realm).
County jail is chaotic and constant activity. People going here and there, meeting with lawyers, going to court appearances whatever. By the time youre sentenced to prison most of that stuff is out of the way and you settle in (supposedly).
Anyway, ooh I got arrested BFD. May be intimidating the first time or even the second. If you want to pursue this line of work youll get over it. (Especially if that line of work includes things like lecturing police on your constitutional rights. You may win out, you may not but you better make sure you have plenty of leisure time available because eventually I know where youll be spending it. And even then its not the end of the world. FWIW.)
I wonder if you would have oppose showing pictures of lynchings in Northern newspapers prior to the civil war?
Well you KNOW that ANY PRO-LIFE message in todays world is like holy water to a vampire. Pro-Death is the "acceptable " belief these days. (end days?)
No I would not oppose posting the pictures in a newspaper...in fact, the picture on that "Truck" should be presented in Newspapers. Would I oppose my toddler's Sunday School teacher bringing the newspaper in & showing it to my child unsolicited...yes. Do I object to sermons against abortion with my child sitting with me during the service...no.
We're looking over our options.
Connecticut has been a bad place for years.
I wonder if you can get $$ support for a suit from Landmark Legal or some of the other conservative legal groups?
Prosecute, no.
Persecute, yes!
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