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Free speech should be tempered with responsibility
San Jose Mercury News ^ | 01/09/2015 | Pattie Cortese and Rabia Chaudhry

Posted on 01/11/2015 8:36:33 AM PST by artichokegrower

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"Against the argument that you cannot cry fire in a crowded theatre: Oh yes you can — you must, if in your considered view there is a fire. In that case there is a duty to cry fire."
From Mark Steyn online...
81 posted on 01/11/2015 10:47:48 AM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: artichokegrower

But porn is OK.


82 posted on 01/11/2015 10:57:35 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: artichokegrower

the Murkey Newz is hardly a ‘responsible’ publication, running probably a 98.44% hardcore leftist/commie editorial policy, year in and year out.

having said that,
Dear MN folk:
we will NOT be censored in the name of a false premise that any ‘peace’ would result with the march of the IslamoNazi world against us (and everyone else)

there is no such peace, you can get a copy of their Koran at almost any Goodwill store, for just 50 cents or a buck or two. There are at least 17 Goodwill stores in your immediate circulation area.
Also, Starvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul.

Suggest you may wish to start reading sectionsL
8:12; 47:4; 9:111; 8:60; 4:101; 9:29; 98:6; 2:216.
And there’s lots more ...

Do your homework before writing your editorials, please!
Thank you!


83 posted on 01/11/2015 11:15:48 AM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: artichokegrower
freedom of speech is part of the foundation of our nation. So is freedom of religion which also means that we have freedom from the religion of others. Freedom from their religion is what this is all about.

We are free, totally free, of anything and everything muslim. We can talk about it, make fun of it, or burnt their holy book as we desire. To put limits on that is very unamerican. If you what a theocracy then they need to go back to the middle east, climb back into their cave and get ready for the drones.

84 posted on 01/11/2015 11:16:31 AM PST by oldenuff2no (Retired US ARMY Ranger.)
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To: artichokegrower

Just two acts of terrorism? Really? These supposed reporters must not have been paying attention or are intentionally putting it up to work place violence.


85 posted on 01/11/2015 11:20:38 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: artichokegrower

Your response in post number one said it all.

They are telling the abused wife when she gets back from the hospital to be especially nice to hubby because he had a rough last night.


86 posted on 01/11/2015 11:27:17 AM PST by Yaelle (No Cruz? Then "I'm Ready for Hillary; What Difference Does It Make?")
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To: artichokegrower

The problem is...

when it’s “piss christ” or whatever else that demeans Christianity... then we are all told to sit down and shut up! free speech! freedom of expression! ect.

and yet when someone simply draws a cartoon on the pedophile prophet .. then it’s .... free speech needs to be tempered, that’s hate speech! that’s racist! ect.

When the left starts treating everyone equally in this regard I will start listening to them again on this matter! Until then they can F off! because their hatred of Christians makes whatever else they have to say noise to me.


87 posted on 01/11/2015 11:32:12 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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If you have a chimpanzee and a neighbor provokes it, your neighbor is likely to get hurt.
The chimpanzee is an animal, without any conscience, empathy, or social sense.

Likewise, the towelhead is on the same level as an animal, without any conscience, empathy or social sense.
If you provoke the towelhead, you are likely to get hurt.


88 posted on 01/11/2015 12:02:45 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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Yelling "fire" in a crowded theater remains as contentious as 90 years ago when Oliver Wendell Holmes first (loosely) coined the phrase.

Is it too late to point out the OWH equated yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre with publically opposing Government Policy. "All Hail the Total State"

89 posted on 01/11/2015 4:25:17 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover)
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Thank you for the new tag line!


90 posted on 01/12/2015 8:23:05 AM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: artichokegrower

I recommend bridging the distance between the US and Mecca with an all-out nuclear strike. That might get the moslems to understand us better.


91 posted on 01/12/2015 8:26:51 AM PST by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: MeganC
Thank you for the new tag line!

You are welcome Sweetest Megan! (((HUGS)))

92 posted on 01/12/2015 8:33:27 AM PST by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.- Sarah Palin)
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To: donna
Worth repeating in Large Font....

 

 

Responsibility is a Christian trait.

 

"A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. These behavioral norms, mostly transmitted by example, word-of-mouth and religious teachings, represent a body of wisdom distilled over the ages through experience and trial and error. They include important thou-shalt-nots such as shalt not murder, shalt not steal, shalt not lie and cheat, but they also include all those courtesies one might call ladylike and gentlemanly conduct."

"Policemen and laws can never replace these restraints on personal conduct. At best, the police and criminal justice system are the last desperate line of defense for a civilized society. This failure to fully transmit value norms to subsequent generations represents another failing of the greatest generation."

- Walter E. Williams, Nov. 21, 2007

 

93 posted on 01/12/2015 9:27:50 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Hi Al Baby's Mom!)
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