tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post5923899386441912207..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: Sometimes a noose is just a noose.Capt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-18561903800823297142008-11-03T17:21:00.000-05:002008-11-03T17:21:00.000-05:00I believe there's a difference between telling peo...I believe there's a difference between telling people to commit a crime - to incite to riot or to do something dangerous and expressing an ugly sentiment.<BR/><BR/>Hanging someone in effigy is on the permissible side, in my opinion. Advising people to lynch someone is on the other side.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-50760230304113883232008-11-02T10:31:00.000-05:002008-11-02T10:31:00.000-05:00And even if it isn't a Halloween decoration and wa...And even if it isn't a Halloween decoration and was meant as a racial taunt, it still should be protected.Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-4036870996142366982008-11-02T10:09:00.000-05:002008-11-02T10:09:00.000-05:00The stupidity is typified by Palin who tells us th...The stupidity is typified by Palin who tells us that criticizing her criticism of Obama may be violating her first amendment rights.<BR/><BR/>But my point is that if we insist on protecting other people's symbols, allowing them to designate anything as meaning what they say it means, we are in fact holding freedom hostage.<BR/><BR/>If a cross, to me, calls up images of the inquisition, why can't I insist all crosses be taken down? If a hanged man is a symbol of Jim Crow, why not banish the Tarot cards?<BR/><BR/>There's no end to this nonsense and sometimes a Halloween decoration is just a Halloween decoration.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-20564841048326258562008-11-01T19:51:00.000-04:002008-11-01T19:51:00.000-04:00Well said RR.In the elite's continued insistence o...Well said RR.<BR/><BR/>In the elite's continued insistence on balkanizing America, they create laws that make everyone a hypersensitive baby just looking to be "offended". <BR/><BR/>Pretty soon it's going to be a crime to think anything that isn't sanctioned by the State. Wasn't there a movie about that - the Minority Report?Intellectual Insurgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01436312941542559044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-42999542987943018532008-11-01T18:52:00.000-04:002008-11-01T18:52:00.000-04:00Mr. McCain has voted at least twice on an amendmen...Mr. McCain has voted at least twice on an amendment to the Constitution making it a crime to burn or "desecrate" the U.S. flag. At the same time, he's on record supporting states' right to fly the Confederate flag, on free speech grounds presumably. So, it doesn't surprise me that there is confusion on where the line is drawn on what's a free or legal way to express one's views in this "free" country. Like so many other things, I suppose the principle gets adjusted based on where most of your potential constituents stand on the issue in question...d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-68823425032185002272008-10-31T21:10:00.000-04:002008-10-31T21:10:00.000-04:00Amen ...These laws simply perpetuate the us-them d...Amen ...<BR/><BR/>These laws simply perpetuate the us-them dichotomy ... Racism will always exist as long as we have these types of laws.RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196333516263804947noreply@blogger.com