Posted on 09/14/2010 6:19:55 AM PDT by kristinn
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has expressed a willingness to ban protesters from burning the Koran as the modern day equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theater.
The Supreme Court has ruled burning the American flag in protest is protected speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution.
Breyer spoke to George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Good Morning America today:
But Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told me on "GMA" that he's not prepared to conclude that -- in the internet age -- the First Amendment condones Koran burning.
“Holmes said it doesn’t mean you can shout 'fire' in a crowded theater,” Breyer told me. “Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death?”
Breyer is promoting his new book, Making Our Democracy Work.
Breyer was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1994 by President Bill Clinton.
“Seriously, can’t these libs see what they’re saying?”
Yes they can, and they say it very clearly:
Anything that goes against traditional American values is good
Anything that reinforces traditional American values is bad
I’m ready to nominate Pastor Terry Jones as Man of the Year for exposing where everyone stands on the First Amendment.
*facepalm*
It works just fine as a Constitutional Republic, thank you very much.
The fact that you as a Supreme Court Justice are trying to change that make me think you should step down from your position.
So are they finally admitting all the death and destruction is due to the fact muslims lack the ability to behave in a civilized manner?
If this doesn't fit the definition of 'terrorism', what does?
Great post. Thank you.
They know EXACTLY what they’re doing.
I know that that’s what their ideology is (though if you put it to them that way, they’d vehemently and emotionally deny it)
My point is that they are saying that they’ll only respect someone’s religious beliefs and cultural values if violence is threatened...
It's not the Saudis that burned Bibles in Afghanistan, it was our own military.
This is what’s so frustrating about our current laws - there’s no consistency. The fed. government has actually FUNDED works of “art” meant to desecrate Christian symbols and that invite people to trample on our flag. These were SUPPORTED by the National Endowment for the Arts. All kinds of offensive speech has been deemed constitutionally protected - until now. Why? Because it’s like yelling FIRE in a crowded theater? This is very very bad legal reasoning, IMO. We’re no longer a nation of laws that make sense. We’re no longer a nation of laws.
Everyday its something new with these idiots...
Pastor Terry Jones, from the SHOW ME State of Missouri! Exposing a national cowardise
We won’t do anything to offend. PLEASE DON”T HURT US! WE BEG YOU! Here, we’ll make it into a law. Will that appease you?
O, where is the great Neville Chamberlain when you need him?…
Liberal coward.
Sorry for the redundancy. Word “coward” automatically implied.
So he’s saying that if other religions want equal rights they must go on violent, murderous rampages every time their sensibilities are offended.
Crying "Fire!" in a crowded theater would possibly result in people stampeding to safety because they fear for their lives.
In the case of a Koran burning, Breyer's statement seems to assume that the primitive behavior of Muslims would cause them to trample to death the Koran burners.
One is an example of self-preservation, the other is an example of murder.
DUMBA$$
So the message is that if you want your symbols protected violence is the answer. These people have moved beyond stupid.
Does nhe also feel the same about
(a) my dog crapping on it
(b) using it as toilet paper
(c) shredding it
(d) laughing at it
(e) spitting on it
(f) using it to line the bird cage
(g) wrapping fish in it
(h) ignoring it
(i) owning a copy when you aren’t a moon-worshipper
(j) using it to hold doors open
...and so forth.
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