Saturday, August 16, 2008

The ambiguity of tyranny

"The First Amendment does not protect a man who falsely shouts 'Fire' in a crowded theater and causes panic"
- Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
Schenck v. United States
March 3, 1919

Caution: The ambiguity is not immediately apparent.

... Concluded.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

There was a much heated discussion about this some time back in nilu's blog ... read that ...

Arvind said...

@bhuvanesh: link?