ST Alpha - "Aw, man. IANAL, but is this where free speech turns into yelling fire in a crowded theater? -- nm" (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 158

In response to "10 UN workers killed at hand of Afghan mob, angry over pastor's burning of a Koran. -- (link)" by znufrii

Aw, man. IANAL, but is this where free speech turns into yelling fire in a crowded theater? -- nm

Posted by con_carne Apr 1 '11, 10:08

(No message)

Responses:

Isn't the blame and scorn better directed at those who mistake UN Workers in Afghanistan for a pastor in Florida? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 1, 10:26 14
- There's plenty of blame and scorn to go around here. - Ender Apr 1, 10:55
- my blame and scorn is not finite. -- nm - Reagen Apr 1, 10:32
- I'm not saying those people shouldn't be responsible for their actions. -- nm - con_carne Apr 1, 10:31
- better than at the pastor whose deliberately provocative actions served the sole purpose of reinforcing his own prejudices against Muslims? - znufrii Apr 1, 10:30 9
  - If the mob is using such a flimsy and obviously-baiting excuse to justify murder of those trying to help them, then yeah, I know where I cast blame. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 1, 10:33 3
    - Hey guys, chill out! We're here to help you. -- nm - The Crusades Apr 1, 10:36 2
      - I must have missed that UN Resolution. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Apr 1, 10:41 1
        
        What you missed was historical context -- nm - Guy Apr 1, 10:42
  - I would have guessed his purpose was to get attention. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:32 4
    - last September showed that he didn't need to actually burn one to get that. -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 10:33 3
      - I guess like any junkie he needs a periodic fix. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:35 2
        
        then why, if you're going to go through with it, do you do it without any advance publicity? -- nm - znufrii Apr 1, 10:40 1
        
        true. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:41
- this. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:28
I could be wrong, but I donut thing the US Bill of Rights applies in Afghanistan. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:13 5
- you're completely missing his point. freedom of speech, book burning as speech, etc -- nm - mara Apr 1, 10:22 4
  - not sure I follow you. The crowded theater in this case is Afghanistan. -- nm - loosilu Apr 1, 10:25 3
    - No, it's Florida. But, not that I wish to belabor my tossed off analogy. -- nm - con_carne Apr 1, 10:27 2
      - This is what you get for tossing off on ST. -- nm - Jim Apr 1, 10:51 1
        
        He did what? -- nm - British people Apr 1, 10:52
I think the media must take some responsibility in this. This wouldn't be an issue if the crackpot wasn't given a pulpit. -- nm - Mop (211 lbs) Apr 1, 10:12
(re: the Koran burning) -- nm - con_carne Apr 1, 10:08 3
- Don't forget to outlaw cartoons as well. - Dr.Vermin Apr 1, 10:11 2
  - In such a global society, I don't know that such a scenario would be so out of line. You and I have certain things we don't say to each other. -- nm - con_carne Apr 1, 10:21 1
    - We do? Is it because there's a law against it? - Dr.Vermin Apr 1, 10:49

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.