Shooting at Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas

No, it doesn't.

 

I'm all for free speech.

I'm not for doing something incredibly stupid that could cost people their lives.

I'm just surprised this didn't happen in North Florida.

 

Yeah, to me this seems similar to those who thumb their noses at mandatory evacuation orders during hurricanes. Your right to free speech or life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness must be balanced against wasting taxpayer resources and risking public safety officials' lives when they have to come rescue your ass.

 

Speech that everyone agrees with needs no protection.

Startling that folks who work in media, and depend on the enforcement of the First Amendment, don't understand this.

 

SJ.com: "I disagree with the shooting, but..."

 

Where did you get this impression?

 

Good point, Dick. I suggest for the next one they don't hire any security then.

 

They are being needlessly provocative and talking as if all Muslims are jihadists. Why should we applaud that?

 

Good point, who?

 

Sorry, it was YF. I get my conservative icons confused sometimes.

 

No. This is more like creating a device that generates hurricanes then refusing to leave and having to get rescued when your roof blows off.

 

If only Obama's plan to institute martial law in Texas had been carried out quicker. All of this would've been avoided.