04-16-2011, 06:46 PM
(04-16-2011, 06:18 PM)shitstorm Wrote: 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.
The law has either passed constitutional muster or it remains untested in that capacity.
some laws are in place as stepping stone laws, like licence plate lights and the almighty seat belt law.
These laws are a way for the officer get close enough to smell your breath, look in your car and ask for paper work and run the driver and passengers for warrants.
Not to mention a source of revenue for the city or county.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John Adams
John Adams