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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: The 1st Amendment Apparently Doesn't Exist in New York Either
Date: Wed, 1 May 2024 12:46:18 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>>On Apr 30, 2024 at 9:32:23 AM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:
>>>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>>>>>Fresh off a New York judge illegally declaring that 1/10th of the Bill of
>>>>>Rights has been repealed in her courtroom, the governor of New York has
>>>>>announced she'll be policing 1st Amendment protected speech if she doesn't
>>>>>like what you're saying.

>>>>>New York Announces it Will Take Citizen Surveillance and Censorship to the
>>>>>Next Level

>>>>>Like the plot to a dystopian movie, New York will now monitor social media
>>>>>writings, collect data, and use law enforcement to crack down on any
>>>>>expression it deems to be hate speech.

>>>>The article is dated Friday, November 17, 2023.

>>>Yes, and?

>>I noted that the article is dated Friday, November 17, 2023, because I
>>thought it should be noted even though you didn't think so.

>>>>>. . . 

>>>>>And in the U.K., an Army veteran will soon be tried for silently
>>>>>praying for his deceased son outside of an abortion clinic.

>>>>How did this not cause a diplomatic incident?

>>>Why would it? (The UK has an army, too.)

>>Our State Department is supposed to object whenever Americans are
>>arrested having broken a ridiculous law that would never be a
>>constitutional law at home. It's part of protecting Americans abroad.

>Yes, but there were no Americans involved here. It was a UK army veteran 
>who was on trial.

I thought from context that the man in question was an American. If
that's not the case, then my comment about how this should have caused a
diplomatic incident was irrelevant.

In any event, every nation, not just the United States, needs to protect
speech like our courts are supposed to, so that their own citizens may
enjoy minimal liberty.