| Freedom of Speech Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; How far do you feel freedom of speech should go? | 
02-16-2008, 08:02 PM
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Story Published: Feb 16, 2008
Hat tip Sean Hackbarth.... I agree this would be a good issue for John McCain to unload on.
Liberal extremists on the City Council of Berkeley, California recently passed a resolution labeling brave United States Marines as unwelcome and uninvited visitors within the city's boundaries. According to the Sacramento Bee, "... City Council ... labeled military recruiters stationed [in Berkeley] as 'intruders' and pronounced them a 'violent influence' on the city's youth"
Additionally, the Sacramento Bee reported, "It [the Berkeley City Council] also gave the anti-war group Code Pink a permanent parking space in front of the recruiting office, from which it could stage its frequent protests." (Sacramento Bee, 2/12/0
Senate Democrats are blocking the Senate from saying anything official about this situation and allowing this outrageous insult by the city of Berkeley to go unanswered. | YouTube - Democrats' Extreme Friends: US Marines "Unwelcome Intruders" LINK
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02-16-2008, 09:22 PM
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02-16-2008, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Katczinsky  With all due fairness OhDear, you have supplied sources telling only one side of the story, and not very thoroughly at that. | That is one reason I did not make any personal comment on the story. Still I found it interesting, and wondered if in dialog here at the DtT others would know more about it.
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02-17-2008, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fxashun Is there another side to the story? It looks rather self evident. I can't see how the "other" side could be any rosier. | I know. It just seems that the older I get, the less I trust any news at face value.
Atheists are presumably being harassed in the military too. And yet I have seen this news debated online, as if there is another side to the story...
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Originally Posted by OhDear I know. It just seems that the older I get, the less I trust any news at face value.
Atheists are presumably being harassed in the military too. And yet I have seen this news debated online, as if there is another side to the story...
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| I can see someone in the military taking their religion very seriously. There is a lot of "religion" in the military and it's members. I don't doubt that story.
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Level up: 53%, 72 Points needed | | Perhaps it is time that Berkeley renamed the Free Speech Cafe. Today it seems that the only free speech allowed in Berkeley is that the mimics what everyone else says.
Obviously I will not be travelling to Berkeley anytime soon, so I guess, the Free Speech but only if your agree Cafe will be fine.
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