The sad part is, I can see the American legal system doing as bad or worse to this guy!
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
The sad part is, I can see the American legal system doing as bad or worse to this guy!
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They have a bright line rule here, too: Jokes, or “jokes” about bombs and the like in airports get you, at least, detained. This way no one has to debate whether something is a joke, or a “joke,” or no joke at all. Same thing with threats against the President’s life.
I think the consensus, both in and out of the courts, is that these are pretty trivial compromises on free expression considering the corresponding policy goals being pursued.
I remember a poor German man who really needed to urinate while waiting for the plane to take off. Apparently the German idiom for really needing to urinate is, roughly translated “I’m going to blow the roof off.” Unfortunately he roughly translated it.
This did not go well.
Yours,
Wince
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