[news.misc] Legal ramifications

jef@unisoft.UUCP (06/02/87)

In the referenced article, rsk@j.cc.purdue.edu (Wombat) wrote:
>The constitutional guarantee of free speech is not absolute; the courts
>have defined some of its boundaries from time to time.  For instance,
>one is not free to shout "FIRE!" in a crowded theater.

Shows how much you know.  The admonition was against *falsely* shouting
fire.  If there *is* a fire, you damn well *better* shout!

I hate it when people get this wrong...
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Jef

 Jef Poskanzer  unisoft!jef@ucbvax.Berkeley.Edu  ...ucbvax!unisoft!jef
"Do you support the overthrow of the United States Government through
             subversion or violence?"  "Uh... Violence."