To: A_perfect_lady
But seriously, why? What about freedom of speech?Well, bear in mind I'm a fairly libertarian guy trying to think like a bureaucrat here, but I think the idea is they're trying to discourage public indecency (guys giving each other hummers in the restroom -- public park restrooms are infamous for this as well), and that therefore there is a sufficiently compelling public interest to justify limiting free speech. Or something like that.
50 posted on
12/09/2008 3:57:43 PM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Still Thinking
Well, bear in mind I'm a fairly libertarian guy trying to think like a bureaucrat here, but I think the idea is they're trying to discourage public indecency (guys giving each other hummers in the restroom -- public park restrooms are infamous for this as well), and that therefore there is a sufficiently compelling public interest to justify limiting free speech. Or something like that.Understood. And they should arrest people doing it. But they shouldn't be arresting people because they SUSPECT he MIGHT have been THINKING about doing it. I mean... unless Craig out and out propositioned him and clearly stated that he wanted to do something illegal, this is "thought police" territory.
58 posted on
12/10/2008 7:37:13 PM PST by
A_perfect_lady
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