[Bad Jack Bauer]

Why do you think telling a lie to bar floozie should be Constitutionally protected?

Why should the government protect a bar floozie from using her own judgement as to whether she is being lied to or not? I honestly believe that anyone bragging about heroics or medals not earned is a scumbag or a pathetic yahoo, I do not think that it should be a legal matter if no criminal intent is intended or medals are actually worn. I served during Desert Storm and the closest I ever came to being shot was when one of my troops accidently fired her M16 in my tent and the round hit right between my boots as I sat on my cot. That was the extent of rounds coming my way in a war zone.

While making claims of awards not earned is about as low as you can get, making it criminal is going too far. It stinks to me like the liberals whining about what they find offensive. I do not think that we should go asking the government to keep us from being offended.

[Jacquerie]

Why should the government protect a bar floozie from using her own judgement as to whether she is being lied to or not?

That is irrelevant to the Constitutional matter at hand. What you or I consider to be silly law is not necessarily unconstitutional.