Quote: Minimalist Wrote: What if the theater really is on fire?
Then people are allowed to shout "fire".
Absolutely, DvF but consider that the reaction is likely to be the same in either case: A stampede which may well result in a number of people being trampled to death. Yet, in one case we would applaud the guy who sounded the warning and in the other we would condemn him.
I give you a third case to mull. Suppose you are in a theater and "think" you smell smoke. What do you do?
