I have had it with the protestors by the Mayo

[TheArtist]

I am soo gonna use this local sheetrock company for the Deco Museum if I can.  Those protestors with their signs catch your eye and are great publicity.  Everyone in this town knows whats going on with this and arent buying the "protest" thing anyway, so why not get some free advertising?   Plus its helping to put some extra people to work in town.

[Red Arrow]

I am soo gonna use this local sheetrock company for the Deco Museum if I can.  Those protestors with their signs catch your eye and are great publicity.  Everyone in this town knows whats going on with this and arent buying the "protest" thing anyway, so why not get some free advertising?   Plus its helping to put some extra people to work in town.

Sounds like a plan..... go for it.

[Ed W]

I'm bothered by the idea that a particular type of protest can be stifled by the courts.  It seems that everyone agrees it's unethical for a union to hire people to walk a picket line, though the practice is not illegal.  Yet where do we draw the line at suppressing free speech?

Suppose an individual or a group decided to protest the takeover of the federal government by extraterrestrials who arrived here in UFOs.  On its face, it's silly, but they still have a right under the First Amendment to do so.  If they were noisily protesting outside the White House, they'd likely be allowed to continue.  But would that be true if they were being noisy and obnoxious outside a wealthy country club patronized by the local oligarchs?  As we can see, their protest would be suppressed through the courts.  They still have the right to protest...just somewhere else, somewhere conveniently out of sight and earshot. 

Mind you, I'm not commenting on the merits of the carpenter's union and it's hired protesters.  I'm more concerned about the fundamental right to stand up and say those things that are unpopular.   

[RecycleMichael]

Good comments, Ed. I don't know what the limits of free speech should be. Clearly, you can't yell fire in a crowded theater.

This protest seems to be just harrassment to me. One company has hired yellers to protest the owner of a competing company, going to his job sites, his neighborhood and even a club where he is a member.

How can we allow this? Why should we allow it to continue for another day?

[Conan71]

There's a difference in free speech and a conspiracy of psychotic behavior, which is what this union is engaging in.

[guido911]

There's a difference in free speech and a conspiracy of psychotic behavior, which is what this union is engaging in.

Are the SHCC protests directed at the club or are they directed at a particular club member? If it's the latter, then I agree with Conan.

[Red Arrow]

Perhaps the contractor(s) could hire people to picket the Union Hall. 

[Vision 2025]

Are the SHCC protests directed at the club or are they directed at a particular club member? If it's the latter, then I agree with Conan.

I think they are directed at being obnoxious... it appears to me that the Union's goal here is dues.

[FOTD]

I think they are directed at being obnoxious... it appears to me that the Union's goal here is dues.

No where near as obnoxious as the racist radicals http://www.theusapatriots.com/ disrupting our government and the need for change.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/category.asp?C=121535&clipId=4073692&autostart=true   Both sides show up at free speech health care rally!

FOTD, start your own thread on these topics or add them to an appropriate thread, and quit crapping other threads with irrelevant information regarding the topic being discussed.  If you wish to discuss the Carpenter's Union, feel free, but knock off the disruptive behavior or go play in another sand box.

Mista Moderator: Please show some consistency. Thank you.

[Townsend]

No where near as obnoxious as the racist radicals http://www.theusapatriots.com/ disrupting our government and the need for change.

http://www.newson6.com/Global/category.asp?C=121535&clipId=4073692&autostart=true   Both sides show up at free speech health care rally!

What the crap are you talking about? 

I vote the previous attempted thread jack be stricken.

[FOTD]

What the crap are you talking about? 

I vote the previous attempted thread jack be stricken.

Free speech? Thread Jacked?

[Moderator]

Free speech? Thread Jacked?

Most definitely a thread-jack

[FOTD]

Most definitely a thread-jack

Yes. But it's all about the right of free speech. Interesting to see and read about who defends whose rights....

[Conan71]

Trying to get banned today? 

[custosnox]

I haven't seen these protesters in a while, where did they go?