RE: Shots fired in Dallas of mohammed cartoons.
May 4, 2015 at 5:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 4, 2015 at 5:55 pm by Hatshepsut.)
@Min- Indeed. I don't like censorship. Whatever Europe does about Holocaust denial isn't something we should do over here. I'm willing to allow that Europeans should decide for themselves; if they're going to have free-speech demonstrations it's up to them. I would support parts of the Ogden gang law, say tagging and bunching up at the entrances of stores, but not all of it: the court, not the police, should be the one keeping the list, so that a person can contest their classification.
Whether to let a radical imam preach and recruit freely is a tough question: One of the gunmen has been doubtfully linked to a Somali group, but radicalization is more likely at home, as with the Fort Hood shooter. I don't see banning even these ideas as comporting to our constitution. We can still go after direct incitement or planning of violent acts without transgressing free speech protections.
Whether to let a radical imam preach and recruit freely is a tough question: One of the gunmen has been doubtfully linked to a Somali group, but radicalization is more likely at home, as with the Fort Hood shooter. I don't see banning even these ideas as comporting to our constitution. We can still go after direct incitement or planning of violent acts without transgressing free speech protections.
