From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Sun Jan 19 2003 - 23:51:15 MST
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@yahoo.com>
> --- Olga Bourlin <fauxever@sprynet.com> wrote:
> > One of the wonderful things about living in a democracy such as the
United States is that (for the while, anyway) anyone can say anything one
wants to about the President.
> Actually, you are wrong. You cannot state a wish to kill the president.
> At the least, this starts a Secret Service file on you, if it is a
> public statement. At the worst, you might even wind up on jail.
I was speaking loosely (I meant we have "free speech," i.e., legislative
immunity from provocative or offensive speech). There are exceptions to the
First Amendment, of course, as when one threatens the safety of people (we
are all familiar with the example of falsely shouting "Fire!" in a crowded
auditorium).
Olga
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