http://www.bloggernews.net/19731 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 28 May 2012 08:38:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-379921 Chase.Hamil Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:47:38 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-379921 There is a difference between one who bravely asserts his First Amendment rights - and one who uses those rights simply to taunt and annoy the public at large and at the same time be an unending ass. I refer you to the anti-war group that shows up at funerals for servicemen and servicewomen who recently died in action, reviling the relatives and other mourners just for the sake of getting publicity. In so doing, they have managed to soil (as an infant soils its diapers) the last moments the bereaved have to say farewell to a loved one before the body is lowered into the ground. The protesters have even tried to invade Arlington National Cemetery, but were turned away - as they should have been elsewhere. The conceit and presumptuousness of Jack McClellan pales by comparison, but he is cut from the same cloth - an annoying rogue desperate for attention. Let's give him as little as possible. There is a difference between one who bravely asserts his First Amendment rights - and one who uses those rights simply to taunt and annoy the public at large and at the same time be an unending ass. I refer you to the anti-war group that shows up at funerals for servicemen and servicewomen who recently died in action, reviling the relatives and other mourners just for the sake of getting publicity. In so doing, they have managed to soil (as an infant soils its diapers) the last moments the bereaved have to say farewell to a loved one before the body is lowered into the ground. The protesters have even tried to invade Arlington National Cemetery, but were turned away - as they should have been elsewhere. The conceit and presumptuousness of Jack McClellan pales by comparison, but he is cut from the same cloth - an annoying rogue desperate for attention. Let’s give him as little as possible.

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-81004 john Canterra Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:49:44 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-81004 You can say what you want to say, but you may have to pay a price to say it. People may not like what you're saying... so, no job, friends, peace, etc. You play... you pay. Oh, by the way... the perverts behavior?..unacceptable. You can say what you want to say, but you may have to pay a price to say it. People may not like what you’re saying… so, no job, friends, peace, etc. You play… you pay. Oh, by the way… the perverts behavior?..unacceptable.

]]> http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-80919 Kyosa Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:49:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/19731#comment-80919 It's very brave of you to point out the obvious - that the man in question has not actually broken any laws. But what does it say about America today when stating the obvious requires bravery? There was a time when no one needed reminding that the First Amendment, indeed, the whole of the Constitution, applied to everyone - especially to those with whom we disagree. In fact, there was a time (a mere 30 years ago) when this man would not have been newsworthy in the first place. It’s very brave of you to point out the obvious - that the man in question has not actually broken any laws. But what does it say about America today when stating the obvious requires bravery? There was a time when no one needed reminding that the First Amendment, indeed, the whole of the Constitution, applied to everyone - especially to those with whom we disagree. In fact, there was a time (a mere 30 years ago) when this man would not have been newsworthy in the first place.

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