I know what this country needs to do. Ready? Implement a constitutional trading policy within the people of America. For instance, in order to require permits and waiting periods for guns and/or carrying, the same must therefore apply to speech. If you would like to express your opinion in public- you would go down to the police station, apply for a permit for each expression, wait 2 weeks, pick up your permit, and then use it when "necessary".

I believe a strong case can be made that this policy would seriously reduce crime, because if the criminals can't speak- they can't start a fight right?

Any feedback?

Shoots 

I know what this country needs to do. Ready? Implement a constitutional trading policy within the people of America. For instance, in order to require permits and waiting periods for guns and/or carrying, the same must therefore apply to speech. If you would like to express your opinion in public- you would go down to the police station, apply for a permit for each expression, wait 2 weeks, pick up your permit, and then use it when "necessary".

I believe a strong case can be made that this policy would seriously reduce crime, because if the criminals can't speak- they can't start a fight right?

Any feedback?

Shoots 

Careful, don't give them any ideas!!  They ban certain types of speech, the kind we do here. They are slowly doing this types of things already, if you look around..  No more prayer, no "under God" in the pledge of allegence, no evangelical Christian representation at the 9/11 service, even though Muslims will be represented!

It's already here!

[Careful, don't give them any ideas!!  They ban certain types of speech, the kind we do here. They are slowly doing this types of things already, if you look around..  No more prayer, no "under God" in the pledge of allegence, no evangelical Christian representation at the 9/11 service, even though Muslims will be represented!

It's already here!

True story.  The people who want you to leave your guns at home (or better yet, turn them in to Big Sis) are the same ones who would happily and heavily regulate your free speech.  They'd also love to set up a permit system for attending church and anything else they can think of. 

Quote from: Heavies on September 07, 2011, 01:45:42 PM

[Careful, don't give them any ideas!!  They ban certain types of speech, the kind we do here. They are slowly doing this types of things already, if you look around..  No more prayer, no "under God" in the pledge of allegence, no evangelical Christian representation at the 9/11 service, even though Muslims will be represented!

It's already here!

True story.  The people who want you to leave your guns at home (or better yet, turn them in to Big Sis) are the same ones who would happily and heavily regulate your free speech.  They'd also love to set up a permit system for attending church and anything else they can think of.

I think you're presenting a false representation of the issue. I'm not too keen on children being indoctrinated with religious messages in tax-funded schools. By the same token, I believe it's the proper function of our government to protect private practice of religion (and this part is important) from threats and intimidation, and outright force. I just think it's unfair to expect your neighbor to pay for a church if he goes to a mosque, and vice versa, and for someone who goes to neither to fund any religion.