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Originally Posted by Diopos (Post 1495334)

He was a public servant. Don't know how this works in the US but in other countries has an additional obligation (under oath) to uphold the constitution, the law(s) and of course a defined "code of ethics". This would essentially come down to something as in: "you can express your point of view but in an appropriate manner so as not to "compromise" your work as a public servant or the agency you service". In this case, after tearing the Koran or whatever, IN PUBLIC, how would muslim citizens interact with him as a public servant? How would possible muslim coworkers cooperate with him within the state agency? :hmmm:

And it can easily go ... deeper (right to express opinion, state vs religion etc).

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So anyone in Congress should not be allowed to express political thoughts?

They might come into contact later with someone who disagrees with them, after all.

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Originally Posted by tater (Post 1495296)

There was no "banning." It was the CHOICE of radio stations to play what they wished, and what their customers wanted. "Banning" would require that it was made ILLEGAL to play their music.

They did something stupid, and paid a price in business for it, tough crap. It should be obvious. It's not like NYC is full of country music fans. I could start a Christian band (easy, as I'm no musician, and such music sucks). Then I stand up in front of some audience and say that I think jesus is fake. How would that do for my air time on Christian stations?

Same thing. It was the market speaking, not a "ban."

Well it was a boycott though may not be official but it's nonetheless real and who are you to judge that their opinion was deserving of punishment? It was certainly different from yours then but punishing people for having different opinion and or belief would make such judgmental people deserve to have NONE but what is subscribed to them.

And how about now telling the contrary to Dixie chicks opinion to public I dare you? wouldn't you be called stupid now and how about boycotting the fruit of your effort based on that stupidity?

Truth is America has fallen short of being called the champion of liberty. I wouldn't want to live in USA now seeing what it has become than what it was before 2001 and during the cold war. My impression is that of corruption. And it always preceded the fall of every world powers since ancient time. The external pressure was just a trigger as what's rotten inside provided the gunpowder.

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Originally Posted by Castout (Post 1495363)

It was perfectly fine.

A large % of their audience had different political opinions than they did, and they elected to insult those customers. If you insult your customers, you lose business. It was no more complicated than that.

A Christian band that insults a large enough % of their customers will lose customers. A "hip" band that starts playing, I dunno, Lawrence Welk music just like the original, will lose its hip audience. Guess what, it will not get air play on the same stations. Same thing.

It was the market speaking, plain and simple. If playing their tunes would have helped the bottom line, the radio stations would have played it.

Scientifically testing which book smokes better: Bible or Quran.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQJ8w...ipcontrinter=1

:yeah: :haha:

The best reply possible in this hilarious "mass-hysteric-mandatory-collective-uproar"-project.

"I still feel sick" :haha: "Don't burn your own copy - burn somebody else's." :har:

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"mass-hysteric-mandatory-collective-uproar"-

is that the one that goes.....
Muslims muslims muslims islamic conspiracy EU secret legislation muslims muslims demographic arabs criminals sharia muslims muslims muslims sunni persians shia sunnis muslims muslims al-qaida?
oh and them muslims and negroes ruined the world cup:doh:

Or is it perhaps some other hysteria which Sky has not yet succumbed to?

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Originally Posted by tater (Post 1495343)

So anyone in Congress should not be allowed to express political thoughts?

They might come into contact later with someone who disagrees with them, after all.

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The decision to deny access to the park was made in accordance with a township resolution allowing officials to determine public space usage “on a case by case basis,” and to ban speech that they deem too “political.” However, the park in question is a common gathering point for public events that often have far more political overtones. Officials made no inquiry as to the size of the rally, or other pertinent logistical concerns.

http://www.ohioconstitution.org/2010...too-political/

That's a helluva resolution considering that only unambiguously free speech is "political" speech (vs yelling "fire").