tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post1938200049615630736..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Bigotry and Free Speech in Des MoinesAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-25674274682890857802009-08-09T03:04:35.486-06:002009-08-09T03:04:35.486-06:00Laws and the enforcement of those laws lead to vio...Laws and the enforcement of those laws lead to violence in the extreme ends of enforcement. A person who continually refuses to go to court can be physically restrained and threatened with guns if they resist.Emu Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352556221263050952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-55049322072204878562009-08-08T17:32:13.393-06:002009-08-08T17:32:13.393-06:00Free speech has to do with the use of violence or ...<i>Free speech has to do with the use of violence or threats of violence against those who speak.</i><br /><br />Free speech also has to do with laws & government officials attempting to restrict speech.<br /><br />Note that if DART hadn't agreed to run the ads, the ACLU would have sued on 1st amendment free speech grounds, and almost certainly would have won on those grounds.<br /><br />It clearly IS a free speech issue.Brian Westleynoreply@blogger.com