Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/19

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Subject: [Leica] Being a fly on the wall
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:18:27 -0400

> Just for the record, since Rabs hasn't seen it yet or chosen to speak up,
> First Amendment-wise, putting a suitcase down and running in an Egyptian
> cafe is an almost exact analogy to yelling fire in a crowded theater, which
> as a category of speech has long been held by the judiciciary NOT to be
> protected; as slander and libel are not protected; as threats against the
> president and other public officials are not protected (too bad, 
> sometimes);
> and as "obscenity" is not protected, though that's a rat's nest and best 
> not
> explored in hope of finding even a shred of reason.


How about leaving a shopping bag in an Irish bus?

[Rabs]
Mark William Rabiner





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