Posted on 01/20/2002 2:12:45 PM PST by annalex
Oh, cut it out, annalex. Tell me when it ain't so. By and large, the language of rights is a matter of law and legislation; the legalization of social life is a disruption of speech.
This does not speak to the issue cornelis raises, and that is that "good legislation" is a disruption of free speech by interference or restriction.
In addition to speech that disrupts rightful speech, offensive to the community standard speech is also not rightful as my article argues; that, too, can be banned.
You can't call such bans "disruption of speech" unless you are interested is punsterism. Normally, the word "disruption" is reserved for prevention of activity that is positive in some sense. We don't say "police disrupted a robbery".
That's the way in which you use it, yes. Normally, the word "disruption" means a break from the normal flow or order of things. And that can be positive or negative. "Disruptive innovation", for instance, is positive.
However, I can see why you bristle at cornelis' suggestion.
I can walk with the first one. The last one is a hoot.
From Aquinas, (on his feast day):
Law is a rule and measure of acts, whereby man is induced to act or is restrained from acting.(Source:Pursuit of Liberty: Question 90. The essence of law )
Righfulness is an attribute of acts.
So much for the poem I learned in college, "It all depends on the red wheel barrow . . . "
But what if B follows A . . .
I'll give it a more thorough reading later. One should also consider that when you eliminate ALL content in the public square you are making a statement, i.e. NO religious display IS a religious statement. It is not possible for the public square to be absent (or neutral) of content. No content speaks volumes.
JW
Heavy and empty ones.
Keep-alive bump.
I thought these little things of mine were gone forever.
keep-alive bump
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