Must Be The Rarified Air They Breath

[RICHARD]

I have been waiting for this decision. I knew it was on the courts calender.

I am deeply disappointed in the decision to void the cruelty law. I wonder
what planet these justices live on. They say it's ok to film acts of cruelty (which are illegal).



http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/20/...ex.html?hpt=T2

It's Sotomayor's doing, everyone knows that Latinos are huge fans of animal fighting.

Morons.

[Lady's Human]

If they had decided differently I would have been rather irritated, to put it mildly.

The decision was 8-1. Not even a close decision. The US Government CANNOT make laws censoring speech. If someone is doing a documentary on an unpopular subject, what's to prevent Congress from quickly making a law saying that that film is illegal?

Free speech is a fundamental right. This and the McCain-Feingold decision somewhat restore my faith that the USSC is doing its job, regardless of how popular their decisions might be.

[Grace]

Richard, the vote was 8-1. I hardly think you could blame just one Justice.

Alito was the hold-out. Good for him

[RICHARD]

Richard, the vote was 8-1. I hardly think you could blame just one Justice.

Alito was the hold-out. Good for him

I am being facetious.

For pete's sake....They televise the Cubs games, isn't that torture?

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This bust took place up the street from me.

1,500 animals!


As much as it pains me to say this? Most cockfighting rings that are busted here in So Cal are run by Mexicans who just cannot seem to let this go.

And if the truth is known?

This fact is comparable to the known habits of people who fight dogs.....The idiots that run these 'gladiator' fights probably take better care of the animals than they do their own families.


Not a badge of honor, nor anything to take pride in. It's one of those 'things' like the SCJ ruling on videos of animals, that are the distasteful part of life.

IT like the AHs the protest at the funerals of soldiers. I would love to see what they would say after I parked my truck on top of them, but it is one of those "protected" rights that people have.


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...in-sylmar.html

[moosmom]

Were the justices smoking crack when they made this absolutely ridiculous decision.

[Lady's Human]

Were the justices smoking crack when they made this absolutely ridiculous decision.

No, they were striking down a law which treads on a little thing called the Bill of Rights. (And they didn't even have to create a right or interpret what the founders meant to come to the decision!)

[smokey the elder]

I agree with LH. The ruling was that the law was "too broad". If censorship of any type is allowed, no matter how distasteful the message, it sets a dangerous precedent, IMO. This is why the KKK, al Qaeda, etc. websites are per se not taken down; however, they can be portals for law enforcement to go after those that do illegal deeds.

[Twisterdog]

I too agree with LH and STE. Freedom means freedom, you can't pick and choose. Once you start that, there is no end to it.

They are not saying that cruelty is now legal. They are saying that documenting it is legal. If it were not, no one could make a documentary about dogfighting or illegal whaling, for example. No one could film the TV shows everyone loves about cops and criminals. That is, after all, filming illegal acts, some of them no doubt cruel. Obviously, this also allows scumbags to profit from their or their friends and relatives dog fighting. But, it might also be the way the ring is identified and busted.

The point is, you can't allow some freedom of speech and press and not all.

[blue]

It's Sotomayor's doing, everyone knows that Latinos are huge fans of animal fighting.

Morons.

This made me LMAO! I knew RICHARD was being his usual tounge in cheek self but it was still dang funnay.

Im not a big fan of the public good or the "greater good", if the .gov is for it.

This isnt about yelling fire in a movie theater or yelling bomb on an airplane.
[WHITEPOST]What if you're a bombardier? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb bombardier[/WHITEPOST]
If we start censoring free speech we arent much better then the.........