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To: TurboZamboni
"never seen a law that could stop it, just ones that could punish it."

Sort of agree. As I wrote in another thread:

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.

18 posted on 01/31/2013 2:10:27 PM PST by Peet (TurboTax: "So simple even a Secretary of the Treasury can use it!")
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To: Peet

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


29 posted on 02/01/2013 9:39:27 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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