(September 29, 2014 at 11:52 am)Brian37 Wrote:(September 29, 2014 at 11:48 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: The community could be offended all they want. Unless 'this white kid' damaged the statue or was inciting violence, they would not be legally allowed to prosecute him. Being offended =/= justification for prosecution. I think the kid face-humping the Jesus statue is pretty dumb and a bit childish, but guess what, laws aren't made on what offends people. Next you'll be calling for the prosecution of the Piss Christ artist..
If the statue was damaged then the crime is property damage. If they put a note on it saying "kill all blacks" that would be a crime regardless of damage.
No one gets to decide who can be offended and who cannot be offended. What everyone can agree on is that speech stops at acts of violence and calls to violence.
Well..yeah..that's what I said.
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