[Illbay]

I'm not talking about the "law" I'm talking about "principles."

And further, I wasn't talking about what this woman did, but what O.C. says HE will do if he sees anyone daring to demonstrate against the war: He will run them over with his pickup truck.

I realize that these threads get long, but you have to keep up.

[SarahW]

I was talking bout principles, too; that was the whole point of my post to you. Don't you get it?

The PRINCIPLE behind freedom of speech isn't that people can shoot their mouths of with no consequence. The principle is that a free press and free speech keep government in check, and that the GOVERNMENT can't use prior restraint or punishment to prevent publication of ideas it doesn't like.

I saw the post about the truck, but you seem to think that folks are somehow protected by the constitution from any and all consequences of their unpopular opinions. I wouldn't murder an antiwar protestor, but I sure as hell would mock, scorn, shun and fire them.

You also seem to think that an employer canning an employee for speaking out is in violation of that priniciple. It is not. (If I'm putting words in your mouth, I apologize in advance, but I read all your posts , and you seemed to think this woman was denied her rights).