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RAPPER FACES LIFE IN PRISON FOR ALBUM COVER (picture of gun)
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Posted on 11/21/2014 9:12:34 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA
Much as I despise these thugs, I think that this would set a dangerous precedent.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:15:57 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
So can they speak the word gun? Is that a crime too?
I hate gang bangers as much as the next guy but surely there are limits to government power (abuse)
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:20:10 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
To: trisham
Does this rise to the level of yelling “fire” in a theatre?
To: Red in Blue PA
"There are huge constitutional issues."Well there's yer problem! Pay a little more attention to what's happening in the WH and you'll understand how you screwed up. Get your client some soap on a rope.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:21:13 AM PST
by
TigersEye
(ISIS is the tip of the spear. The spear is Islam.)
To: Red in Blue PA
This guy may deserve to be in prison but I would rather him be free than to be convicted on this. If the government doesn’t have to prove a real crime to put you in prison, how long before this same arguement is used to charge the editors of “Guns and Ammo?”
To: Red in Blue PA
--idiocy--who's next--Guns and Ammo or the American Rifleman?
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:22:06 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
To: Red in Blue PA
Should shouting fire in a crowded movie theater be protected free speech? Why or why not. Discuss.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:23:29 AM PST
by
SpaceBar
To: SpaceBar
You are comparing this to shouting fire in a crowded theater??????
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:24:23 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
To: rellimpank
Guess they could have put Guns and Roses in jail too.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:25:15 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: Red in Blue PA
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:25:36 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Sasparilla
I don’t see the association between the two issues.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:26:38 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Red in Blue PA
MY only question in this is, “Does Duncan have a felony record and/or on parole for something?”
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:27:25 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Red in Blue PA
"It's no different than Snoop Dogg or Tupac," Watkins said. "It's telling the story of street life. If we are trying to criminalize artistic expression, what's next, Brian DePalma and Al Pacino?" The advocate should be careful in trying to stretch a legal concept too far.
Call Rap art maybe taking the legal notion of art as a form of speech protected by the first amendment to an absurd extreme.
Calling Rap art is laughable in its self.
ON the other hand the prosecutors are on very thin ice if they are basing their case strictly on the album cover.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:29:17 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: Red in Blue PA
What happens to him if he chews a slice of watermelon into a gun?
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:29:34 AM PST
by
beelzepug
(You can't fix a broken washing machine by washing more expensive clothes in it.)
To: Gaffer
Does that really matter? We are discussing a picture, nothing more and nothing less.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:29:45 AM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(Compared to obama, Jimmy Carter looks like Winston Churchill.)
To: Red in Blue PA
You [and I] are about to learn the hard way that there are no limits to Government abuse if said Government chooses to abuse. The only remedy is bloodshed and thus far we, as a people, have shown that we are not willing to do that.
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:30:43 AM PST
by
sport
To: trisham
I completely agree, Trisham.
I actually hate gangsta rap. I think it is morally corrosive, and I would keep it off of any venue I controlled, and would keep it away from any degree of public support (e.g. publicly subsidized radio or platforms or schools) either direct or indirect. BUT...
Speech is still speech. It needs Constitutional protection particularly if it does not enjoy the support of the Opinionistas. Unless he were conspiring to facilitate crime, he is free to say what he pleases.
Eric Holder, on the other hand...
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:31:10 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(Lord, save Your people and bless Your inheritance; give victory to the faithful over their adversary)
To: Red in Blue PA; SpaceBar
Should shouting fire in a crowded movie theater be protected free speech? Why or why not. Discuss. If you shout it to a rap beat your covered.
;)
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posted on
11/21/2014 9:32:14 AM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: SpaceBar
What if there IS A FIRE in a theater? Do you shout out a warning or not?
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