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Talullahhound
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Understand your point
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5/31/2009 3:19:01 PM
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but, let's just say that the conference went on. Suppose there was a protest that turned violent and people were hurt or killed. Would the exercise of "First Amendment Rights" in this case be more important than people's lives?
In another point, the hotel assumes liability for the safety of it's guests. If guests were injured as a result of allowing this conference to go on, then should the hotel just tell those injured "sorry, but this other groups First Amendment Rights were more important than your safety".
Suppose the group was showing a film supporting late stage abortion. Would you still be defending their "First Amendment Rights"?
You see, it's very easy to wrap this all up in the First Amendment, but it quickly becomes the slippery slope. With the exercise of your first amendment rights, that is, if you personally want to go stand on a soapbox on a corner and spew hate, and be willing to be shot, I'm okay with that. Likely the only person severely affected is you. But, if I'm a shop owner and you want to stand on your soapbox in my shop and exercise you First Amendment rights, and there is a probably that someone will not only kill you, but kill me too, then I'm not okay with that.
Public safety has got to be figured into the equation.
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