[Vision2020] Cindy was invited

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Phil,

I'm just going to focus primarily on the First Amendment aspect of this 
discussion, with the exception of the following snide comment:

At least you're not calling her a pimp.

OK, back on track.  Sheehan did not engage in any equivalent of yelling 
'Fire' in a crowded theater.  She made a political statement.  She engaged 
in political speech.  And state actors arrested her for it.  She has the 
right to engage in that speech, and that right was violated by the state.

You don't have the right to go down to Fox Broadcasting and demand the right 
to a half-hour speech against the Iraq war, which, if monkeys make a strange 
and unique exit from your body, you might want to.  (Should you want to make 
a half-hour speech in favor of the war, they may well grant your wish, but 
that's their business.)  But should you wish to buy time to launch the 
diatribe of your choice, the government will be violating your First 
Amendment right should they prevent you from doing so.

It's your right not to like Sheehan or agree with her.  While I don't 
concede your claim that she's anti-semitic, that's a distraction.  Even if 
she were, it would not change my position that she should not have been 
either ejected or arrested for engaging in free speech.

Sunil

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