"Dude, you have no Quran!"

[tomato1236]

Meh. If the government intervened, then I would be concerned. If your mom tells you not to swear, is she taking away your rights?

 

[linwood]

I voted "No" but would have chosen... "Yes - but only when that speech is untruthful and slanderous."

 

[linwood]

It pains me to see that the only person present who acted appropriately and admirably is the idiot book burner.

The moron protester who took the mans book should be arrested and prosecuted for theft.

 

[linwood]

Swiping the book? Meh. A childish shenanigan, maybe, but "theft" and a "constitutional infringement"? The guy was going to burn it anyway, so he obviously didn't want it any more

The point is irrelevant.
The book was the property of the moron(The Christian moron not the hippy moron) and it was taken from him against his will.
What he intended to do with his property is his business and his business alone.

The fact that he was using "his property" to make a constitutionally protected statement means the theft of his property directly resulted in his inability to make the expression.

The moron hippy should be arrested and if I were the moron Christian he would have been arrested before I ever left that park.

I would have also filed a civil suit against him.

 

[linwood]

This guy is my hero. I think he is exercising his freedom of speech in the same way that these hate mongering fools are. "Dude, you have no Quran" Priceless!

Your hero is an idiot and he is not exercising any freedom or right that is his.

He is a thief and a moron and his actions harm the concept of "freedom of speech".

 

[linwood]

This thread scares me.

You people would actually defend theft and the subjugation of a mans rights simply because you disagree with him?

WTF?

What ever happened to ...

"I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it?"

Y`all are walking down a very scary path.

 

[linwood]

He's not a hero. He's someone who sees fit to interfere with the liberties of someone with whom he disagrees, and in that respect not much different from Christians and Muslims who seek to deprive me of my civil rights and liberties.

Exactly.

I tried to frubal you for being the only person in this thread who understands what "Freedom of speech" means but I`m out.

 

[SageTree]

I can't believe no one has posted this little heady gem:

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YouTube - Dude You Have No Quran AUTOTUNE REMIX

 

[YmirGF]

I can't believe no one has posted this little heady gem:

That's probably because it is mindless piffle.

 

[SageTree]

That's probably because it is mindless piffle.

tell me what you really think?

:namaste
Sage

 

[Falvlun]

Personally, I found the whole story to be rather positive: I'm glad that there is still enough sense left in the majority of Americans to find the idea of burning the Koran to be distasteful.

Should the guy have had his copy of the Koran stolen? No. That was an effective, funny, but ultimately childish way of curtailing the man's free speech.

Was it as nefarious as the OP is making it out to be? I really don't think so. If it was some government agency that stole the book, I would be a lot more concerned. If the crowd beat up the guy, I would be a lot more concerned. As it stands, the guy was still able to proclaim his ideals (it's not like he was being silenced), he could have went out and gotten another Koran, or he could have simply demanded his copy to be returned and I'm sure a cop would have been available to assist.

Sure, every Joe with a nasty message has the right to freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean we need to bend over backwards to let their message be heard. If a majority of freely gathering citizens drowns the guy out with their boos and shouting, then that's freedom of speech at work as well.