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Mass Shooting At Newspaper In Paris

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Jan 7, 2015.

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  1. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    "You're so vain you probably think this song is about you, about you."
     
    Boom_70, Jan 16, 2015
    #445
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    I'll be honest I haven't read a whole lot of anything this week except the occasional vigil on the Bears' coaching situation.
     
    Dick Whitman, Jan 16, 2015
    #446
  3. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Maybe Taylor and Kerry shot up together back in the day. If Kerry really wanted to impress France he should
    have brought his good friend Manny Ortiz.
     
    Boom_70, Jan 17, 2015
    #447
  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    How do you say, "this is our fucking city," in French?
     
    YankeeFan, Jan 17, 2015
    #448
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  5. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Ce est notre putain ville
     
    Baron Scicluna, Jan 17, 2015
    #449
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  6. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Paris Strong!!
     
    old_tony, Jan 17, 2015
    #450
  7. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The final column from NPR ombudsman Edward Schumacher-Matos:

    I do not know if American courts would find much of what Charlie Hebdo does to be hate speech unprotected by the Constitution, but I know—hope?—that most Americans would. It is one thing to lampoon popes, imams, rabbis and other temporal religious leaders of this world; it is quite another to make fun, in often nasty ways, of their prophets and gods. The NPR editors were right not to reprint any of the images.

    Last Thoughts: NPR And The Balance Between Ethics And The Nation : NPR Ombudsman : NPR
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 10, 2015
    #451
  8. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    You'd think that a newspaper ombudsman would be able to make the distinction between the free press guaranteed by the Constitution and the editorial judgment a newspaper might make by choice.

    The first amendment doesn't say, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press. ... except if you print something deemed hateful by someone."

    That is sad. Our rights are only worth something if they are absolute. To have free speech, you need to protect everyone's right to speak freely, including people saying horrible things. People are so eager to water down the most basic rights in the Constitution with exceptions, that they don't realize that in the process they are advocating taking the teeth out of the right itself.
     
    The Big Ragu, Feb 10, 2015
    #452
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  9. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    Wait, he brags about having held the "James Madison Visiting Professor Chair on First Amendment Issues at Columbia University" and then promptly shows that he has no clue that "hate speech" has First Amendment protection? I'm dumbfounded.
     
    franticscribe, Feb 10, 2015
    #453
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Didn't I try and tell you all that the thought police in America today are largely on the left?
     
    YankeeFan, Feb 10, 2015
    #454
  11. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    There have been exceptions and limitations to the First Amendment for at least 100 years.
     
    MisterCreosote, Feb 10, 2015
    #455
  12. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

    Yeah, not that one, though.
     
    Dick Whitman, Feb 10, 2015
    #456
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