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'Peace' T-shirt gets man arrested
A lawyer was arrested late Monday and charged with trespassing at a public mall in the state of New York after refusing to take off a T-shirt advocating peace that he had just purchased at the mall.

According to the criminal complaint filed Monday, Stephen Downs was wearing a T-shirt bearing the words 'Give Peace A Chance' that he had just purchased from a vendor inside the Crossgates Mall in Guilderland, New York, near Albany...more [CNN]

Morons, idiots, and fools, never argue with them, it will only bring you down to their level, and they have a lot more practice at it. You can say that by the law he was wrong, but it would make a case test the limits of Free Speech in a public space that is privately owned. Doing this to a lawyer just adds to the stupidity level. I wonder if for one moment the people involved even stopped to think how stupid this was.

It reminds me of the company down in Florida that briefly enforced it's rules regarding decorations, when in the aftermath of 9/11, it's employees started putting up flags around their desk. It took them a day, but they came to their senses, I can only hope that these people do to. A good way to make the point would be to hold a peace march that end at the main entrance of the Mall. Would they be stupid enough to have the protesters arrested? My bet so far is Yes!...mj
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