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Re: Buskers Protest Arrest of Fellow Musician Who Was Busking at Metropolitan Ave(G) Last Friday Night |
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Posted by The Silence on Fri Oct 24 22:39:21 2014, in response to Re: Buskers Protest Arrest of Fellow Musician Who Was Busking at Metropolitan Ave(G) Last Friday Night, posted by randyo on Wed Oct 22 15:49:47 2014. You really don't understand how free speech works if you believe that.The law can restrict "speech" all over the place. No one has absolute freedom of speech. So if someone gets on your train and starts strumming something like, say, "Kill all the Jews..." or "Rape all women...", some thing obviously inflammatory, and a cop did nothing because "He has freedom of speech", would you still be singing the same tune? What most people don't realize is that anything in the first amendment can be over ridden if it is neutral and unbiased. For example, the government has the right to shut down a church, lock the doors and turn everyone away.... if the building does not meet safety standards. The government can not interferer with a religion, but it can tell it what to do. Every Church, Mosque, Synagogue and Temple must meet building codes, because the prerogative of the government to protect life, limb and property is greater. The government can even dictate what can be said on the pulpit. example, a priest can't endorse a political candidate during their homily. If they do, the church can lose it's tax exempt status. The priest, as a person, can have his personal political opinions, but he can't mix them with his duties as priest. |
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