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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Every American student who's taken a civic class has heard Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s admonition that free speech under the US Constitution doesn't give you the right to shout "fire" in a crowded theater.

Holmes was wrong. So is this article. End of story.
29 posted on 07/22/2012 9:43:32 PM PDT by arderkrag (ABOs are Romneybot trolls. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: arderkrag

If there is a fire, that is one of the most sensible things to shout.


30 posted on 07/22/2012 9:45:41 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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