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Ted Rall - Thursday December 21, 2006 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

Ted Rall - Thursday December 21, 2006 Comic Strip
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Free speech has limits. You can't shout fire in a crowded theatre. Fascist. Excuse me? "Shouting fire in a crowded theatre" comes from supreme court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' opinion in the 1919 case Schenck v. United States, which banned the distribution of anti-draft leaflets during World War I. Holmes was a radical right-winger who ruled in favor of eugenics-based forced sterilization of "imbeciles." Schenck was overturned and its antiwar namesake released from prison. It is considered a dark chapter in our history. I killed my wife for the insurance money. You? I'm against the war. Since you love the first amendment so much, you'll understand why I prefer the second. You'd might as well be from central casting.