What's so "free" about this

[Seedler]

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Cindy Sheehan was arrested Tuesday in the House gallery after refusing to cover up a T-shirt bearing an anti-war slogan before President Bush's State of the Union address.
the T-shirt said, "2,245 Dead. How many more?" -- a reference to the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq.

When the president is giving a speech and includes a message that "we are fighting the enemies of freedom" why was she not allowed to wear this "statement"?

I will add that I'm not sure if there is a rule barring all political messages so it may be the case that if she was wearing a "we fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here" slogan then she would have suffered the same treatment, however to me this smacks of censorship.

She was not standing up and shouting, she was not causing a disturbance.

Edit:

Apparently the wife of congressman young was asked to leave because she was wearing a "support our troops" t.shirt. So there isn't a bias.

Iraq=Oil

America NEEDS oil

America>Iraq

America Iraq

Iraq=angel1:

America=

America with Oil=

Our quality of life=preserved

So why the fuck do we care? Let those troops die, they die to preserve our quality of life. No one made them go. They enlisted or volunteered. America will collapse without oil, and the only way to get it is to pretty much invade Iraq.

That's the sad thing, everyone in North America is like, "OMG, the world is such a sad place, we have to help people in Africa, Iraq, etc." But they don't really give a fuck because majority of people still don't do enough to stop the war in Iraq because they're afraid of decreasing their quality of life.

I'm not a cold-blooded shitfuck, but really, who gives a shit about couple thousand Americans dying? Their family members? Well, maybe they should have educated their sons better so their sons could have ended up becoming a lawyer or doctor instead of becoming Bush's pawn. It's a cruel world, survival of the fittest and those soldier who died CHOSE to join the army, if they paid more attention in high school they probably could have had more options other than joining the suicidal US Army.

Did you know that the world spends hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons every year while it only takes about a couple hundred million USD to feed everyone in third-world countries? That farmers in Canada would burn crops to lower the supply so the demand and price ratio stays up? To me, that's fucked but that's just the way the world has become. No one, not one person or even a group of people can change that so we just have to live with this fact.

So a simple violation of some random woman's right? That won't even come close to leaving a mark in history. She was stupid to wear such a t-shirt that would potentially get her into shit. She was unlucky and no one can do a thing about it nor give a fuck. End of story.

[Busyman]

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When the president is giving a speech and includes a message that "we are fighting the enemies of freedom" why was she not allowed to wear this "statement"?

I will add that I'm not sure if there is a rule barring all political messages so it may be the case that if she was wearing a "we fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here" slogan then she would have suffered the same treatment, however to me this smacks of censorship.

She was not standing up and shouting, she was not causing a disturbance.

Edit:

Apparently the wife of congressman young was asked to leave because she was wearing a "support our troops" t.shirt. So there isn't a bias.

Iraq=Oil

America NEEDS oil

America>Iraq

America Iraq

Iraq=angel1:

America=

America with Oil=

Our quality of life=preserved

So why the fuck do we care? Let those troops die, they die to preserve our quality of life. No one made them go. They enlisted or volunteered. America will collapse without oil, and the only way to get it is to pretty much invade Iraq.

That's the sad thing, everyone in North America is like, "OMG, the world is such a sad place, we have to help people in Africa, Iraq, etc." But they don't really give a fuck because majority of people still don't do enough to stop the war in Iraq because they're afraid of decreasing their quality of life.

I'm not a cold-blooded shitfuck, but really, who gives a shit about couple thousand Americans dying? Their family members? Well, maybe they should have educated their sons better so their sons could have ended up becoming a lawyer or doctor instead of becoming Bush's pawn. It's a cruel world, survival of the fittest and those soldier who died CHOSE to join the army, if they paid more attention in high school they probably could have had more options other than joining the suicidal US Army.

Did you know that the world spends hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons every year while it only takes about a couple hundred million USD to feed everyone in third-world countries? That farmers in Canada would burn crops to lower the supply so the demand and price ratio stays up? To me, that's fucked but that's just the way the world has become. No one, not one person or even a group of people can change that so we just have to live with this fact.

So a simple violation of some random woman's right? That won't even come close to leaving a mark in history. She was stupid to wear such a t-shirt that would potentially get her into shit. She was unlucky and no one can do a thing about it nor give a fuck. End of story.

[j2k4]

You're kind of young to be so cynical, but I understand the compulsion.

Time will soften your view, unless you choose to retain it out of some sense of pride in your "realistic" outlook.

I wish better for you.

[Seedler]

Time will soften your view, unless you choose to retain it out of some sense of pride in your "realistic" outlook.

I wish better for you.

ouch That was some "soft" and "buttered" ownage...

[JPaul]

Did you know that the world spends hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons every year while it only takes about a couple hundred million USD to feed everyone in third-world countries?

Could you tell me where these figures come from, particularly regarding the cost of feeding "everyone in third world countries".

[j2k4]

Time will soften your view, unless you choose to retain it out of some sense of pride in your "realistic" outlook.

I wish better for you.

ouch That was some "soft" and "buttered" ownage...

I specialize in high-cholesterol counseling.

[MagicNakor]

Did you know that the world spends hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons every year while it only takes about a couple hundred million USD to feed everyone in third-world countries?

Could you tell me where these figures come from, particularly regarding the cost of feeding "everyone in third world countries".

As an addendum, don't forget to provide evidence on the deliberate price-setting the Canadian farmers are doing...

[lynx]

Could you tell me where these figures come from, particularly regarding the cost of feeding "everyone in third world countries".

As an addendum, don't forget to provide evidence on the deliberate price-setting the Canadian farmers are doing...

I think you'll find the evidence here