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To: rich4eagle who wrote (209230)	12/12/2001 5:18:09 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Are you seriously equating the danger of yelling fire in a theatre to saying "Merry Christmas" around Christmas time?? Do you want to ever be taken seriously rich? res- Yep, he is not stifling free speech any more than not allowing yelling fire in a theater.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (209230)	12/12/2001 5:19:43 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

The reason the one cannot yell "fire" in a crowded theater is the imminence of irreparable harm, not the possibility of wounding someone's feelings. The possibility of offense was never considered a compelling state interest overriding free speech, and if it ever becomes so, we will live in a police state, afraid to say what we think in public......