Good night, and best wishes to all GA researchers.

Remember always that the 1st. amendment was put first for a reason.

In the opinion of many, the First Amendment is what sets the U.S. apart.

In my opinion, it is what sets us apart from the animals. That
includes the ones with two legs and no feathers who only look human.

If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no
business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may
read or what films he may watch.
Thurgood Marshall

Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for. 
Earl Warren

I can't claim to be in that lofty group, I only catch hell for about half 
of what I do, mostly because I don't suffer fools gladly and, having
actually had the dangerous experience of reading AND UNDERSTANDING
"The origin of Species...." believe in Darwin - SS

Respecting Holmes (O.W., not Sherlock- you idiot) because I actually
read his opinion:

United States Supreme Court case Schenck v. United States in 1919,
Oliver Wendell Holmes did NOT say that you shouldn?t shout ?fire? in a
crowded theater, he said in the majority opinion, ?Free speech would
not protect a man FALSELY shouting fire in a theater."

What if the theater really IS on fire?


The true father of our country was George, but Mason, not Washington.

?Sometimes you HAVE to yell FIRE in a crowded theater because yelling
MORONS doesn?t get anyone?s attention.? - Siliconsamurai

Member, National Press Club of Washington.
Author of five non-fiction books (so far)
And nearly 20,000 bylined articles, columns, editorials, tutorials,
and news reports.

Contrary answers will be given due consideration and the best answer
will get a tip whether you agree with me or not.

A BIG tip if it is a REALLY good answer.

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Clarification of Question by siliconsamurai-ga on 30 Nov 2006 15:28 PST

I'd post a reply in the comments but apparently I'm blocked from that venue.

Mark, you're right, I've never had as much luck making things up -
only two fiction books published.

Perhaps it is easier to write fiction if you don't know any facts?

Just a thought?

If a little education is a dangerous thing, how much more dangerous is
a LOT of education? I remember laughing my self silly (not much of a
challenge) when I saw all those news reports of how hard it was to get
polonim.

Heck, I have some right here - a common Alpha source to charge lint
removal brushes - but some fool on TV said it is hard to get so it
must be true!

Will miss the more intelligent barbs here (such as yours.)

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Clarification of Question by siliconsamurai-ga on 30 Nov 2006 15:31 PST

Blocked AGAIN!

Mark, don't you know when YOURS is being pulled?

And they say I don't have a sense of humor, but they keep paying me to 
write more columns!

Actually I breed miniature donkeys so I know a Jack when I hear one -
no, Mark, Y OU aren't one, but lots of them show up here.

Apparently it's not only permissible, but you might get labelled a hero:



http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AT&p_theme=at&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADA58214078880&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
Little girl who yelled 'fire' is a 911 hero
 

All right, it wasn't actually a theater....but you get the idea!


Hope this is what you were looking for, but if there's anything else
you need, you know where to find me.


paf

*snort*  

Anyone can write NON-fiction. the stuff is all around you. It's making
up stuff in novels that takes work.





Please do realize your leg is being pulled.

Too dumb to collect $2?
No wonder this experiment failed

SS,

You may be more likely to get an answer if you make it clearer what
your expectations are.