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Originally posted by Spawwwn
What you all fail to realize is that the constitution states that people have the right to PEACEFULLY assemble. When was the last time you saw a peaceful 9-11 truth demostration? Come on we've all seen the videos of these so called "protests" by these truth clowns. All they do is go up to innocent people minding their own business on the street, and scream in their face how "9-11 was an inside job".
Originally posted by brill
This is your opinion though. What exactly constitutes a peaceful assembly? Can they only hold signs? What if they wore loud Hawaiian shirts, that might offend some people too . I think if your physically infringing upon others then you are no longer maintaining a peaceful demonstration. Regardless of what you think these people have a right, provided they abide by the law and that includes getting permits, to protest. If the law states that using a bullhorn is illegal so be it, but I'd like to see that one in print.
brill
Originally posted by Cloak and Dagger
The permit nonsense and all these other preemptive measures are infringing on the freedom this country. On the freedom the country was allegedly founded on and espoused by its' constitution.
Originally posted by brill
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Agreed. The permit requirements are ludicrous but also the law. What I'm still unable to determine is why Jones was refused the permit, if in fact he actually applied for one or simply tried to ride the coattails of other protesters.
When you have to apply to protest, something is fundamentally wrong but what are your options?
Agreed. The permit requirements are ludicrous but also the law. What I'm still unable to determine is why Jones was refused the permit, if in fact he actually applied for one or simply tried to ride the coattails of other protesters. When you have to apply to protest, something is fundamentally wrong but what are your options?
Originally posted by Cloak and Dagger
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy,
In a speech at the White House, 1962
35th president of US 1961-1963 (1917 - 1963)
Originally posted by lightworker12
...he is clearly doing something that has been established for many years as illegal. There is nothing unusual here except a bunch of people in this topic not understanding a long standing law and how it clearly applies to Jones.
Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
He must be the one responsible for staging the protest that created havoc while Geraldo Rivera was taping his show the other night.
I don't much care for Geraldo, but the protesters didn't earn much respect with their behavior, in my opinion, besides not having a single shard of credible evidence to support their claims.
Originally posted by Terapin
It is just a publicity ploy on his part.
He was well aware that a permit was required, and when the police arrived, he created a huge fuss rather than quietly fill out some paperwork. He WANTED a commotion and getting jailed allows him to claim it was a police state tactic. It was just his deliberate public disturbance.
Personally, I hope he gets more than a weekend in jail. Idiots like that should be kept off the street.
Originally posted by spencerjohnstone
Well now, Geraldo either needs to be sacked or a lawsuit should be taken out against both foxs news and geraldo. If this had happened in the UK he would be sacked on the spot for his homophobic remarks, or suspended until a investigation was carried out.
That is what America is all about is it not, freedom of speech, land of the free? Or has all of that now been eroded?.