Comments on: Megan Meier Law vs. Free Speech http://swgapolitics.com/index/2009/07/10/megan-meier-law-vs-free-speech/ Free Thinking for a Free World Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:58:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Tom http://swgapolitics.com/index/2009/07/10/megan-meier-law-vs-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 Tom Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:05:05 +0000 http://swgapolitics.com/index/2009/07/10/megan-meier-law-vs-free-speech/#comment-1457 To many times, when something happens, the phrase "there ought to be a law" gets thrown around. That's how we ended up with so many of our unconstitutional measures, it was because enough people forgot about the Constitution and said "there ought to be a law". Unfortunately, there <i>shouldn't</i> be a law. There should be responsibility. The parents of the deceased girl should file a lawsuit and seek civil damages. It won't bring their daughter back, but it will push the issue on adults being responsible. In addition, the term "coercive" could also target such benign activities as advertising, which really is just trying to coerce you into buying something, to go along with the other possibilities. To many times, when something happens, the phrase “there ought to be a law” gets thrown around. That’s how we ended up with so many of our unconstitutional measures, it was because enough people forgot about the Constitution and said “there ought to be a law”. Unfortunately, there shouldn’t be a law. There should be responsibility. The parents of the deceased girl should file a lawsuit and seek civil damages. It won’t bring their daughter back, but it will push the issue on adults being responsible.

In addition, the term “coercive” could also target such benign activities as advertising, which really is just trying to coerce you into buying something, to go along with the other possibilities.

]]> By: griftdrift http://swgapolitics.com/index/2009/07/10/megan-meier-law-vs-free-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 griftdrift Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:29:17 +0000 http://swgapolitics.com/index/2009/07/10/megan-meier-law-vs-free-speech/#comment-1456 There's a good chance if passed this would fail Constitutional muster as did the Domestic Violence Against Women Act. Although the fact that the case was based on the internet it may be more convincingly interstate that the DVAW law. Having said all that. It's a bad law. .-= griftdrift´s last blog ..<a href="http://griftdrift.blogspot.com/2009/07/morning-line-republicans.html" rel="nofollow">The Morning Line - Republicans</a> =-. There’s a good chance if passed this would fail Constitutional muster as did the Domestic Violence Against Women Act. Although the fact that the case was based on the internet it may be more convincingly interstate that the DVAW law.

Having said all that. It’s a bad law.
.-= griftdrift´s last blog ..The Morning Line – Republicans =-.

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