Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
If one allows this man to have his protest within the press room, then one must necessarily also allow in the other five hundred protest groups outside. This, you no doubt will agree, will grind to a halt the normal proceeding of any press conferences / stockholders meetings / church services / etc.
Bah. Prior restraint of speech is oppression and without excuse.

If five hundred protesters come in, then escort them out. But you can't claim to live in a free state if you use hypothetical scenarios to deny freedom of speech to people in completely different situations.

You're defending the detainment by force of a man just for visibly but silently protesting in the same room as a public official.

That saddens me Louis; I thought you supported freedom of speech.

you cant take chances nowadays, if you want to protest you stand outside and make your case.
Yes those politicians **** well can.

They are not royalty, and they do not get to trample over our rights because anyone who disagrees with them is a possible threat.

Indeed, you would have us treat people as assassins for daring to protest against a politician and by implication state that protesting the government means you are to be treated as a criminal.

CR