Comments on: More David Irving Fallout http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/comment-page-1/#comment-13119 Mark Wed, 22 Feb 2006 04:01:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/#comment-13119 Yeah, an interesting story (the counter-protesters, I mean). I guess I'd have to say free speech is an absolute (exceptions as you note), but Phelps is, no doubt, scraping the bottom of the food chain...disgusting, to pull that garbage at the funerals of our brave servicemen and women who payed the ultimate price.... Yeah, an interesting story (the counter-protesters, I mean). I guess I’d have to say free speech is an absolute (exceptions as you note), but Phelps is, no doubt, scraping the bottom of the food chain…disgusting, to pull that garbage at the funerals of our brave servicemen and women who payed the ultimate price….

]]> By: peter http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/comment-page-1/#comment-13112 peter Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:27:08 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/#comment-13112 Here is a free speech issue which is unsettling: apparently there is a man named Rev. Fred Phelps who organizes protests as the funerals of soldiers, because “Phelps believes American deaths in Iraq are divine punishment for a country that he says harbors homosexuals. His protesters carry signs thanking God for so-called IEDs -- explosives that are a major killer of soldiers in Iraq.” A number of states are passing laws to prevent protests like this from happening. I’ve always been an absolutist on first amendment rights – no matter how obnoxious, all speech should be allowed except for the usual exceptions (libel, commercial speech, yelling fire in movie theaters, etc.) – but this really seems beyond the pale. I’m curious how others feel. Thank God for the counter-protesters: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/21/funeral.motorcyclists.ap/index.html Here is a free speech issue which is unsettling: apparently there is a man named Rev. Fred Phelps who organizes protests as the funerals of soldiers, because “Phelps believes American deaths in Iraq are divine punishment for a country that he says harbors homosexuals. His protesters carry signs thanking God for so-called IEDs — explosives that are a major killer of soldiers in Iraq.”

A number of states are passing laws to prevent protests like this from happening. I’ve always been an absolutist on first amendment rights – no matter how obnoxious, all speech should be allowed except for the usual exceptions (libel, commercial speech, yelling fire in movie theaters, etc.) – but this really seems beyond the pale. I’m curious how others feel.

Thank God for the counter-protesters:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/21/funeral.motorcyclists.ap/index.html

]]> By: Captain's Quarters http://informedspeculation.com/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/comment-page-1/#comment-13096 Captain's Quarters Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:09:57 +0000 http://decision08.net/2006/02/20/more-david-irving-fallout/#comment-13096 <strong>Able Danger Conference Call</strong> Earlier this evening, I was able to participate in a conference call with Mark Zaid, the attorney representing Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer in his dispute with the DIA in the Able Danger controversy. Joining in the call were the group... Able Danger Conference Call

Earlier this evening, I was able to participate in a conference call with Mark Zaid, the attorney representing Lt. Colonel Tony Shaffer in his dispute with the DIA in the Able Danger controversy. Joining in the call were the group…

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