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Judge Rules In Favor Of 'Patriotic' Man Arrested For Wearing Army Uniform
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| 05-july-2007
Posted on 07/05/2007 3:59:05 PM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner
What an absolutely stupid law.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:01:20 PM PDT
by
mgstarr
(KZ-6090 Smith W.)
To: stainlessbanner
"It is up to prosecutors to decide whether they will drop those charges against him or whether they will fight today's ruling," DeForest said.They BETTER fight this idiotic ruling!
To: stainlessbanner
The only problem I have with the ruling is that is based on the First Ammendment right to free speech. It should have been based on the Fifth Ammendment right to Liberty—which is the right to do whatever does not violate the rights of others.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:02:45 PM PDT
by
sourcery
(Anthropogenic Global Warming: A convenient lie designed to establish socialism by fear and deception)
To: stainlessbanner
I’m going to start to wear a police officer uniform and walk into restaurants.
Wanna bet I get free meals?
To: ConservativeMind
Wanna bet I get free meals?Well...
Maybe free donuts...
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:05:49 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: ConservativeMind
Used to be con men who would hit up people for a loan dressed as servicemen in airports.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:05:58 PM PDT
by
nvcdl
To: stainlessbanner
It’s impersonating a soldier and I think there would be real problems there.
One would be bringing dishonor on the USD military by attending Gay Pride parades, being slobbering drunk on the street, etc.
Soldiers are asked to behave in certain ways while in uniform, so this could definitely be a problem.
To: sourcery
It should have been based on the Fifth Ammendment right to Liberty—which is the right to do whatever does not violate the rights of others.
I must have lost something in the translation.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:20:58 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: stainlessbanner
If I wasn’t at work, I’d post a pic of Fidel Castro in army fatigues.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:21:28 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
To: stainlessbanner
"It criminalizes a wife wearing her husband's jacket if he is in the military." So this would be illegal?
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:22:22 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
To: stainlessbanner
So, does that mean that the 265,347 Vietnam Era sailors that claim to be ex-SEALS can now speak their claim with impunity? /s
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:24:12 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Fred Thompson '08)
To: stainlessbanner
I would guess it could boil down to one question:
Is the wearing of a uniform sufficient to qualify as "impersonating" a member of the military?
I would think that it would take more then simply wearing a uniform. In this case the man may have said he was in the military, that then would be sufficient to classify as 'impersonation'.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:27:05 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
To: nvcdl
Show me your ID card and dog tags.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:27:33 PM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Check out this website for the National Veterans Coalition http://www.nvets.org/)
To: Michael.SF.
We have a retired dude around here that I guess never came home from VN. He wears cammy, combat boots (not shined) and a Marine BDU hat all the time. We just think he’s nuts.Not gonna put him jail until he pulls some shit.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:27:33 PM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(So simple, even a Muslim can do it.)
To: Michael.SF.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:28:51 PM PDT
by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: ConservativeMind
To: mgstarr
impersonating an officer is not a stupid law. but i dont think this guy stated he was in the military. if you impersonate in order to obtain an advantage, then you should be arrested.
To: mgstarr
this law wouldn’t work in California from all the reenactors...
To: B4Ranch
Actually, as a FORMER service member, I am entitled to wear my old uniform, for certain occasions.
I certainly don’t have an ID card, though.
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posted on
07/05/2007 4:31:52 PM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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