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Reply #43: Yes. And if you stole things and broke things in the '60s, you would go to jail, same as now, [View All]

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Occam Bandage

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Sun May-03-09 11:29 AM
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43. Yes. And if you stole things and broke things in the '60s, you would go to jail, same as now,

Edited on Sun May-03-09 11:43 AM by Occam Bandage

because those are not free speech. I do not deny that the people were exercising free speech. They were also stealing, vandalizing, and making illegal threats. "Free speech" does not justify whatever else one engages in; if you were to rape someone while delivering a discourse against the Iraq war, you would certainly be engaging in free speech, but you should still go to jail. Because, you know, you were also engaging in rape.

And however noble they believed their intent, they had an organized conspiracy to deliberately commit crimes, meaning they can be charged under RICO.

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