Court strikes down mall talk rules

Why do you think a private mall is a public forum?

There was a time when a business owner had the right to do whatever they wanted, to serve who they wanted, to price things how they wanted.

A lot of that right has been taken away, and in some cases we might even conservatively agree about the infringement of rights. Should a private business be allowed to serve only jewish people, or only blacks, or only men?

Should a business be allowed to have steps to their door without putting in a wheelchair ramp? Should a business be allowed to let people smoke in their establishment, or to ban it?

Should a business have the right to decide to let people carry weapons, or not? Should a business be allowed to dictate a dress code? Shirts and Shoes required?

Where would YOU draw the line regarding private ownership rights? If I have a Halloween haunt walkthrough at my house, and some kids are swearing, do I violate the first amendment and destroy the country if I kick them off my property?

What makes a private mall enough of a “public forum” that the mall owner loses his right to operate his business as he sees fit?

If people don’t like the “no talking” policy, they don’t have to shop at the mall. Isn’t that how it should work? Why should the government dictate to the mall what speech is OK for their property?

So, let me get this straight, you live in a place with a massively failing economy and society second to none and all you can talk about is the weather? You do realize Kookyfornia doesn’t have a monopoly on nice weather...right? You seem to fit right in to the out of control insanity.

i'm no threat to any red state... i vote a straight conservative ticket... i said we have problems... but i do find the weather and landscape enticing... and i would rather live in this liberal hell-hole with nice weather and no homeschool laws than in a red state like Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas etc., where the government tells me how to educate my children...

we like having a beach house in addition to a cabin in the mountains... we like taking our boat to the lake on any given day of the year... we enjoy living in the Central Valley--which is mainly conservative--where we have a ranchette large enough to accommodate more than 100 people at a time for our various celebrations... if we moved away, we would be away from our rather large and tight-knit family... not worth it to us...

so for me, California is underrated... sue me for looking for the silver lining... no matter where i live, i do my best to live by the two most important commandments... love your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength... love your neighbors as yourself... and this is the foundation we have chosen to raise our family upon... and we are able to do it here in California...

p.s.--the US as a country has had many ridiculous cases come before the Supreme Court--that have been shot down, and that have been left to stand... is the US underrated?

>>i’m no threat to any red state... i vote a straight conservative ticket...
What does a ‘conservative’ ticket look like in KA?

>>i said we have problems...
Thats a huge understmt....the state is insolvent and paying its bills w/ IOUs. Your society is in moral meltdown. Weather would be the last thing on my mind.

>>but i do find the weather and landscape enticing... and i would rather live
>> in this liberal hell-hole with nice weather and no homeschool laws than in
>>a red state like Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia,
>>Arkansas etc., where the government tells me how to educate my
>>children...
Thats an odd jump from weather to home schooling law. Ill bite tho...do you know anythingabout the home school laws in the other states?

>>if we moved away, we would be away from our rather large and tight-knit
>> family... not worth it to us...
OK, that makes loads more sense than the ‘I like the weather’ argument.

>>p.s.—the US as a country has had many ridiculous cases come before the
>> Supreme Court—that have been shot down, and that have been left to
>>stand... is the US underrated?
Thats the diff...KA seems a magnet for the disgusting and stupid. Laws that other places reject become law in KA. No, the US isnt overrated but KA sure is.

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