Reply #50: I went beyond just railing against the Patriot Act [View All]

[nadinbrzezinski]

but in my view the statements from that preacher, especially in the beginning where he was talking of a demonic religion... they changed later on, fit Virgina V Black. Why I wish it went to court. Also from history of the western world, desecration of a religious text IS meant to intimidate. It is just a long history of that. It does not matter if this is a cross, a Talmud, a Tora... or far more rarely a Christian bible. Yes the piss crucifix is usually brought up, and while disgusting... the intent was to make fun, not intimidate.

Now preferably the press, our press, should have ignored this guy from word go, and NOT given him his 15, or is it now 60 minutes of fame. That is the OTHER choice to deal with things like this. Make them a non-event, essentially.

But I wish somebody filed, and I AM sure the ACLU would have come to the defense. Mostly I want to know the limits of that USSC decision. Why? There are actual limits to rights, and I really want to know if he crossed those limits. And in this case, it is because of the consequences of the act. TO be blunt, is his right to free speech and to intimidate superior to my right to life? Why do you think there is a global travel alert? It is not because this preacher was singing Kumbaya.

And the only way to find this in a legal way... is in a court of law. But meeting the standard of intent to intimidate, given Western History, in this case... IMO, would be damn easy to prove, or as easy as you can get in a court of law.