Protesting can create awareness, but how much awareness is necessary at, say, a funeral? Is it possible to leave a protest site as a protester and actually have completed the opposite of that which you were trying to acheive? Should motives for protesting be detail specific, or can they be strictly 'general'?
With 1 church brought to mind in the central US with a track record of protesting at military funerals with signs such as "Thank God for dead soldiers", should funerals be considered "private by law" or "public domain"? I'm not proposing a legal assault on the protester's rights, but rather protection for those receiving the protest. When is a protest not a protest but a chance to jab at a wider issue at the cost of, and with only an audience consisting of, a family and their grief? Key words "..at the cost of..".
The ultimate question here is "Is it time for a law concerning protests and public peace?"
2006-07-08 15:08:38 · 12 answers · asked by Contrast 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
When you don't have a permit.
2006-07-16 18:19:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, freedom of speech is an inherent right of every people. This is enshrined in almost all constitutions around the world. To answer your question, much as this right is amply protected by law and the state, such right stops when other's rights begin...if the protesters are advocating principles at a place and in front of people where it is private or not a proper forum to hold such activities then, it's no longer freedom of speech that they are exercising but already an act of vexing or disturbing the peace of a gathering. Remember, freedom of speech like all other rights are not absolute and still has to conform to others' rights.
2006-07-21 20:53:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are within their rights to protest but here they cant get close to the families. They have to stay back from the funeral , I think at least 100 yards. There is a time and place and a soldiers funeral is not one of them. The families have lost a loved one and shouldnt have to deal with them too. God bless all of them meaning the solders and their families
2006-07-22 01:53:21 · answer #3 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe there is a time and a place for protesting and a funeral or memorial is not one of them, or should I say two of them?
When people are mourning the loss of loved ones is not the time or place even if the protest is about lost loved ones, other wise they are no better than those they protest against. Just My opinion...not trying to offend anyone. Have a nice day. :)
2006-07-19 16:14:39 · answer #4 · answered by jim galaxy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are asking a lot of these protesters to consider they have had the "opposite effect". Remember, these protesters are Right Wing nut jobs who say that God is punishing the US because we accept gays, and have trashy lifestyles. They don't really have much common sense to think about the hypocrisy of their protests.
Remember, these are NOT anti-war protesters at these things.
2006-07-08 15:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by miketorse 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First. I believe that an American citizen who takes pleasure in the death of any American military person to be a creature wasting resourses better used by maggots. BUT, free speech is only necessary to protect unpopular speech. So, to protect that right, we also must put up with many things that are unpopular, because they are wrong, offensive(for no good reason), and even demented. Freedom is messy.
2006-07-22 03:21:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom is not easy.
Freedom requires that we bend in a lot of directions so that others can enjoy their right to express themselves.
Sometimes we feel offended by what we see but if it fits into the Constitutional right of expression, we have to accept it as a "right" even if it is an expression of bad taste.
When it becomes an extreme case, then we can test it before a court of law.
2006-07-21 03:43:37 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.Been there 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is just in bad taste, and a lack of respect. A funeral? Jesus wouldn't do this. Radical Right Wingnuts.
It's no worse than burning the flag of your country like the leftards do.
2006-07-08 15:27:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phred Felpz and his Band of Phalze Kristienz are entitled to their opinion. Just as we vets and bikers are free to stand between them and the families of our dear departed brethren to shield the families from those whack jobs.
See? It all works out nicely in the end! Isn't America GREAT??!
2006-07-08 15:19:11 · answer #9 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those people (and I use the term very loosely) should be arrested. I would thank God for them being dead.
2006-07-08 15:14:05 · answer #10 · answered by Nelson_DeVon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MOST OF US EVERYDAY, HAVE SOME FORM OF OUR PEACE BEING VIOLATED.IT SEEMS TO ME IT MORE A VIOLATION OF PRIVACY.
2006-07-19 19:27:12 · answer #11 · answered by Rather be dead than red... 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋