Occupy

Originally Posted by LeHah

So you can't protest where an elected official is speaking.

So what?

The elected officials have largely ignored this movement, so being able to get some direct contact would be beneficial. With this law, that's impossible to do without risking prison time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

As elected officials, isn't that their job? Don't we vote for them in the hopes that they will pass laws/regulations that prevent unfair actions by some people or encourage actions that are beneficial for everyone?

That's not entirely what that law does, either. It bans protesting from anywhere that's considered a '"National Special Security Risk", not just places where officials are speaking.

It's not that anyone's "afraid" of being arrested for standing up for themselves. It's that such a threat shouldn't exist to begin with. We're supposed to be able to speak and assemble freely, and that law directly contradicts that idea.

There's nowhere I can't reach.