http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1112-12.htm
2007-10-20 13:04:11 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
So one service 4 to 6 years only to be told you can not protest.
2007-10-20 13:05:00 · update #1
well it was a event sponsored by a private organization who had the right to allow whoever they want to be in the parade or exclude as the case may be. your trying to make this a freedom of speech case and it clearly is not.
2007-10-20 14:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by darrell m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Last paragraphs of the article:
Col. Michael Spak, a retired colonel in the U.S. Army reserves and professor at the Chicago-Kent College of Law, noted the U.S. Supreme Court considers free speech less protected at privately sponsored events than those that are held publicly.
"The court has held they can't stop you from picketing, but they can stop you from marching in a private parade," Spak said. "There's a difference. If it's a city event, that's one thing, But if it's private, they have a right to bar a group."
The big quesiton is- if a PRIVATE parade then how can it be in the middle of the city in a PUBLIC place?
I suspect the ACLU will become involved, and they'll have an out of court settlement
2007-10-20 15:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"So one service 4 to 6 years only to be told you can not protest."
So are you saying you served for 4 or 6 years? or is time calculated on a different scale in the Erudite Troll Zone??
And it has been noted you skated around the question of where did you serve in the years you claimed in previous posts, Vietnam, Germany, Stateside or other.
2007-10-20 22:47:55 · answer #3 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It started after Nam when all the vets were "baby killers" and our congress, in its infinite stupidity, cut funding to VA. Reagan put most of it back, but again like Bill did to the military, gutted them and the VA again.
Our vets deserve the best. They are the reason, for over 200 years, that we can say things like this forum posts, talk bad about congress or the President. We need to take care of them because they are standing vigilant and taking care of us.
Semper Fi
2007-10-20 13:09:02 · answer #4 · answered by George C 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
there is a time and place for everything! we as americans have the right to free speech but when they are walking in a parade stuffing their issues down peoples throats who may or may not want to hear it is the wrong time! i personally wouldn't want a person coming up to me while i'm trying to enjoy a parade or any other family time and hand me flyers denouncing something that my husband is fighting in...they have their rights and i have mine..
2007-10-20 14:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by ♥ Infantry Wife ♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy. It is inappropriate and an insult to veterans to use the day for a protest. It is appropriate for them to honor veterans, but it is no time or place for political statements.
2007-10-20 13:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by cavcarl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they didnt follow the group mind. Vets are not always the most open to free speech....
2007-10-20 13:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by Bob D 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Everyone knows it is dangerous for brain damaged people to walk on the streets.
2007-10-20 14:55:50 · answer #8 · answered by Too Old For Idol 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋