The Land of the Free ...

[razorjak]

Gotta love the war-mongering fucktards in this country.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20030304_651.html

I want to find out if the security guards in question were responding to a complaint of a mall patron or if they were just reacting in the overzealous "Everyone else is wrong because we're right" nature that I am seeing more and more.

The guy better countersue.

Comments

[professor-eight.livejournal.com]

_I_ concur with your statement... however, these are the same people that say "traveling in groups larger than 3 persons is not acceptable."

*rolls eyes*

it's all about "keeping the peace"

clearly it's offensive to some, since I sit here in India, and watch anti-war protesters on tv... and then see the subsequent interviews with pro-war protesters, whom take the chance to scream into the microphone such things as: "Those people should be locked up and jailed for treason!"

I would simply like to see the other side of the coin... that is, if the "give peace a chance" shirts are not allowed to be worn, then the "we're on their soil, get that oil" shirt can't be worn in the same place either...

in fact, no propaganda...

then no advertisement...

except Oakley and Sony... 'cause I'm a whore for their products ;)

you'll have to excuse my lack of... well, sense this morning, I just woke up

[pet-me.livejournal.com]

see, your point kind of raises another. isn't America supposed to be fighting for ~freedom~?

Doesn't freedom include self expression?

And aren't they supposed to be ~above~ the Iraqi's, with the "Those people should be locked up and jailed for treason!"?

If so- the treatment this man recieved is a tad bit hypocritical. (by tad I mean very)
Not to mention- contradictory...

tho, I am glad you agree with my point- and I agree with yours- just as Rob Zombie t-shirts sporting pentacles can't be worn in public schools- neither should "what would Jesus do" bracelets and the like.

It's the same thing, really- except Zombie fans haven't decided to retaliate with warheads yet.

But- war has always seemed one sided to me. Why should ~anything~ ever change?

[professor-eight.livejournal.com]

people don't want freedom of choice, they want freedom from choice....

what, EXACTLY, are you allowed to say under the current "freedom of speach"?

can't say anything against the president... isn't that treason?
can't say anything against terrorism, it's for "your own protection..."

Korrematsu vs. The US says that you can't even have freedoms in a time of war.... so, the least that you have to worry about is whether or not you are wearing the right T-Shirt and whether or not your saying the right thing... worry about what freedoms will be eroded the second that Bush says "war"

remember, this isn't a freedom of choice issue, when you get down to it... THIS issue is a tresspassing issue. he was on private property... he was asked to leave.... He knew the rules of staying inside this private property, and he refuses to follow them... (again, for HIS safety)so he sufferent the consequences... rather like "don't touch the fire, you'll burn yourself" game that all children go through....

play with fire, get burned...