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Old 08-15-2009, 08:34 AM
 
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:38 AM
 
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What you call "placing" the police call "vandalism". Why is that, do you suppose?
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:40 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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What happened to reading comprehension?

1. He wasn't arrested. Your article clearly says that.

2. The potential charge is for vandalism, not speech, it's even right in the title of your article.
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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Free speech? I'm sure you'll defend someone else's free speech if he/she chooses to glue posters to your property. Won't you?

PS. Joker is my favorite character to have come out of fiction. And if not for success of that character, I don't think the movie would be anywhere even close to the success it was. After eight years of Robin masqueraded as Batman, it was about time!
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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Florida Police Question Vandalism Suspect About Obama Joker Poster - Political News - FOXNews.com (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/14/florida-police-question-suspect-obama-joker-poster/ - broken link)

Would this teenager have been arrested it the posters said "Save The Whales" or "Conserve electricity. Do your part to control man-made global warming"?
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:42 AM
 
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
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I didn't know putting up a poster was vandalism? I thought vandalism was spraypainting, breaking windows, and other things like that. Peel off the poster and throw it away,...problem solved.
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:43 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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Would this teenager have been arrested it the posters said "Save The Whales" or "Do your part to control man-made global warming"?
They

were

NOT

arrested.

Read the article!
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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They

were

NOT

arrested.

Read the article!
He/she probably read it. Comprehension, however, is a whole another issue.

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I didn't know putting up a poster was vandalism? I thought vandalism was spraypainting, breaking windows, and other things like that. Peel off the poster and throw it away,...problem solved.
How about someone gluing poster to your car or your house? Would you consider it vandalism? No?
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:44 AM
 
Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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I didn't know putting up a poster was vandalism? I thought vandalism was spraypainting, breaking windows, and other things like that. Peel off the poster and throw it away,...problem solved.
Not if they caused damage, which is currently being assessed.

Read the article!
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Old 08-15-2009, 08:46 AM
 
Location: Sango, TN
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I don't want people putting posters on my house, and I if I owned a business I wouldn't want posters put on my store without my knowing either.

Thats what made him a vandal. If he had asked permission, there would have been no problem. Of course, most people would have told him no.
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