04-16-2011, 06:18 PM
I'll take the principals our Constitution were founded upon over some policy wonk, statute bullshit any day.
As my (and others) mother used to say when I used the excuse of "they did it" to justify what I had done: Would you jump off a bridge if someone told you to? Of course, the answer is no. The incitement of one is NEVER responsible for the actions of another.
LC, to hope that an American exercising his right to free speech, no matter what you think of that speech, is prosecuted because of the actions of the Taliban (or whoever the fuck) could not be any more anti American (in the Constitutional, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, American Revolution sense). I'm sorry but holding other people responsible for the actions of someone else is classic European anti freedom Big Brother.
The founders said it in various ways - essentially: It's not the speech you agree with or that seems harmless that needs protection, it's the most controversial.
As my (and others) mother used to say when I used the excuse of "they did it" to justify what I had done: Would you jump off a bridge if someone told you to? Of course, the answer is no. The incitement of one is NEVER responsible for the actions of another.
LC, to hope that an American exercising his right to free speech, no matter what you think of that speech, is prosecuted because of the actions of the Taliban (or whoever the fuck) could not be any more anti American (in the Constitutional, Bill of Rights, Founding Fathers, American Revolution sense). I'm sorry but holding other people responsible for the actions of someone else is classic European anti freedom Big Brother.
The founders said it in various ways - essentially: It's not the speech you agree with or that seems harmless that needs protection, it's the most controversial.