This spurious argument has always irritated me -- it is just plain stupid.
There is not prior restraint in the 1st -- you may yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
You are not, however, immune from the consequences if there is not a fire.
how much responsibility is placed on the people in the theater that take the word of one person “yelling” fire.
if i smell no smoke, feel no heat, see no flames, am i to take the word alone and run for the crowded exits?
personal responsibility is a frightening thing, as our elected leaders try to dodge theirs, by infringing on ours.
tar and feathering is too good for them.
teeman