Free speech is a big thing. Terrorism is a big thing also. There should be consequences for aliens and naturalized citizens who support terrorism with their speech, i.e. deportation.
so they should look into the person but not investigate? :ermm:
So, no free speech. Glad we have cleared that up.
I guess if I were afraid of absolutely everything, to the extent that I thought being shown a weapon is being assaulted by a deadly weapon with deadly force, I would probably be in favor of limiting every liberty out there, as well. But, then again, I'm not a pussy.
He's crazy, yet free speech only goes so far with you.
Well, found a new sig.
LE can ask any questions they want, that does not mean that the individual they are questioning is required to divulge any information.
I have no problem with Citizens and/or LE reading things that are publicly accessible. If they find something they feel could be threatening, I have no problem with Citizens and/or LE contacting the domain operator to ask who is blogging. The domain operator does not have to divulge any information. If he does, I have no problem with either the Citizen and/or LE contacting the person who is posting bomb-making instructions and asking them why they are doing it. And, further, I have no problem with said Citizen and/or LE telling the neighbors and/or family members of the individual that he is posting bomb-making instructions online.
All of that can be done without infringing upon the rights of anyone; further, all of that might be more effective, in the long run, then some covert investigation.
You recently posted about seeing a man get stomped in a public place for exercising free speech in defense of rights. When asked how that made you feel, you admitted that it did not bother you. Now this. You're all over the board, in ways that are not consistent or even connected. Your consistent quality is a contrarian propensity for argument. If someone says up, you say down. Crazy, imo.
Again, believing someone is innocent of terrorism does not equal supporting terrorism. At all.
I clearly said that he did not deserve it. You must have missed that part. And, no, I do not let my emotions guide me.
Oh I think you do.
You tried to make the issue about me, so you got what you were asking for, but I don't want to mess up the thread with more of this. If you want to discuss human consciousness, that would be a topic for another forum.
I'm curious to know what brand of tortured logic you consulted in beginning by referencing a post in which you make it a point to highlight that I felt not emotion and then end by concluding that my emotions guide me.
Maybe you were trying to draw some conclusions about my objection to your desire for the government to curtail free speech by pointing out that a private citizen physically assaulted another private citizen for saying something he did not appreciate, but private citizens violating the rights of others does not have the necessary consequence that the government is curtailing the rights of all; whereas the government curtailing the right of free speech is analytically tied to the government curtailing the rights of all. So, your analogy fails.
Maybe you are under the impression that because the words absurd, ****, and **** are part of my vernacular that when I use them I am overcome with emotion. Hate to break it to you, but that inference is also false. I use those words because they are a part of my vernacular and I think, dispassionately, that they go a long way to emphasize and highlight some points. Maybe they don't, but if I am mistaken, it still does not mean that I am overcome by emotion when I use such terms.
Are there times when my emotions do get the best of me? Of course. When I wrote "Wow" in response to your assertion regarding Tamerlan's wife, what I felt was that I wished you were standing next to the backpack last Monday instead of the 8-year old boy. But, I wrote wow, because I knew that even though that is how I felt, that it was wrong. Dispassionately, I think you are a piece of **** and a blight on humanity; however, I don't think you deserve to be killed.
see, no way he is emotional.
No way he is emotional or...crazy.
"Are there times when my emotions do get the best of me? Of course. When I wrote "Wow" in response to your assertion regarding Tamerlan's wife, what I felt was that I wished you were standing next to the backpack last Monday instead of the 8-year old boy. But, I wrote wow, because I knew that even though that is how I felt, that it was wrong. Dispassionately, I think you are a piece of **** and a blight on humanity; however, I don't think you deserve to be killed."
Gee thanks, Trut. You're such a logical guy. I'm so glad you don't think I deserve to be killed!