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Originally Posted by Acro-nym
Whatever happened to freedom of speech and peaceful protest?
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There have always been exceptions to the right of freedom of speech, even in America. I'm not surprised by this story at all, because threats against the President have always been considered a serious offense, as far as I know.
I think that the secret service response in this case was a little disproportionate to the actual threat, and to the capacity of the girl to carry out that threat. In essence, I agree with Sassafrass, but I'm still not surprised by the actions that were taken. I don't agree with the nature of those actions, but that isn't the same thing. The girl did break the law, we shouldn't forget that.
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Originally Posted by fiercedeity
No one is above the law, what she did was a little extreme, making a picture of her stabbing bush in the hand, I mean no one likes bush, but doing that kind of stuff is a little silly. Its like saying bomb while on a mobile phone or running around looking panicked in a tube station, its just asking for trouble.
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Are you sure? I'd be surprised if that really was the case. He's appeasing the religious right pretty well, don't you think? They must love him. After all, he's successfully gone a long way towards reversing the separation of church and state. I wouldn't be surprised if he still has a big fanclub.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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