Implied BJ on Jesus, atheists support teen.

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I don't draw the line.....the community draws the line.

But that's just you throwing up your hands and surrendering, once again you're missing the point. Nobody here is arguing that the community hasn't drawn a line, but rather that the line they've drawn isn't rationally justified, in the best interest of the community, or actually against the law. Just saying "that's the way it is!" is the same thing as saying nothing at all.

Personally I think it is a little silly to prosecute this 14 year old but I'm not outraged by it. I certainly do not think it is unconstitutional or an infringement on his free speech rights. The kid's free speech rights don't allow him to temporarily commandeer someone else's property.

And do you really think jail time is going to be productive? That's why I'm outraged; two years in prison? I can't imagine what he'll learn to do in there, and at the end of that span the very best case scenario is that the community has now given that kid a widened skill set of criminal behaviors and a chip on his shoulder.

Does that mean the sensibilities of some small minority groups are not going to be protected? Sure....but the world ain't perfect and we are never going to be able to make it perfect. Sometimes you just have to accept that we can't fix every injustice.

We aren't going to even make a single step toward a perfect world if we just give communities carte blanche to make whatever laws they want, heedless of the constitution. I'm curious, would you be one of those people in favor of segregation laws, way back when, because that's what the community wanted? Is this just your standard position, to bend over backwards for the majority?