I Will Defend To Keep It Based On Free Speech (Vanity Plate)

KOMO TV ^ | May 13, 2005 | Liz Rocca

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

But now, someone has told the state Jane's plate is offensive.

The state needs to tell 'someone'..."No it isn't".

A lot of states and school administrators need to start saying this when they are confronted by an individual who claims that something is 'offensive'. This crap is getting out of hand.

[P.O.E.]

Money being wasted by the gov't - it could have been used to feed the homeless! If it saves only one child, it would have been worth it.

/sarc

[Question_Assumptions]

She says frankly, she's dismayed the state didn't keep her complaint anonymous.

Amendment VI of the US Constitution reads:

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.

Being able to confront those who make complaints against you is a fundamental part of our judicial system and an important one. Once you allow anonymous complaints to be the basis of government action against citizens, you open the door for all sorts of abuses.

[Rightly Biased]

There is no gray area in the Christian Faith only Black and White only God and Evil the world hates that.

I pray she wins that fight and does not lose her witness.

RB<><

[thefactor]

i thought that was a statue representing the local fisherman, not Lenin.

[Paul_Denton]

Thread about it here.

Original article.

[Paul_Denton]

If it is taken try F-DEMS. To them it says the same thing -- It challenges their only article of faith, that the state is God.

Heck I will have to see if that is taken here.

[Paul_Denton]

"The complainer can go pound salt." Sharky 5-16

"The complainer needs to get her head out of her @ss" Paul MJ-12

[B4Ranch]

I love your tagline!

(Does that koran come in two-ply?)

[k2blader]

Great plate.

It's only right that she gets to keep it.

[savedbygrace]

This isn't a criminal prosecution.

[Question_Assumptions]

Sure, I know that. But the effect is similar and I think the same principle should apply. I'm not a big fan of creeping bureaucratic authority and I'm not a fan of bureaucratic decisions being made based on anonymous complaints for the same reason I'm not a fan of people being convincted without being able to face their accuser. It gives liars and nitwits way too much power that they can abuse way too easily.

[Netizen]

We tracked down the woman who lodged the complaint, and she declined an on-camera interview. She says frankly, she's dismayed the state didn't keep her complaint anonymous.

People should have the right to know who their accuser is.

[Netizen]

The wench who snivelled and initiated the complaint should have to appear at the review and explain why that verse is so offensive to her, causing the only complaint in 21 years.

The complaintant must know the New Testament by heart. Either that or they had to go LOOK IT UP to see if they could complain about it.