N.Y. Man Arrested for Hezbollah TV Broadcast

NewsMax ^ | August24, 2006 | Carl Limbacher

[AlexandriaDuke]

We hear all this talk about the "land of the free" and then we talk about starting to censor the airwaves. Doesn't sound exactly like "freedom" to me.

Thank you. If the ACLU fights for this guy, conservatives should cheer them on. Real conservatives will be.

[AHerald]

We hear all this talk about the "land of the free" and then we talk about starting to censor the airwaves. Doesn't sound exactly like "freedom" to me.

I'm puzzled as to why you frame this as a freedom of speech issue. He wasn't arrested because of the content of the broadcasts. The article says he was arrested for the crime of conducting business with a terrorist entity, which is what al-Manar is.

Libertarians aren't opposed to laws which make it a crime to conduct business with terrorist-affiliated organizations, are they?

[King of Florida]

Here's a picture of the guy's backyard:

They should have really nailed him for some local code violation.

The statute under which he was charged has a First Amendment exemption, which the government is apparently ignoring. I find this very disturbing. The best way to defeat bad ideas, including the ideas of those who look to foster terrorism, is to get them out in the free marketplace of ideas where they can be openly discredited and ridiculed.