FFREEDOM IS BEING 'TRAMPLED TO DEATH'

So, this is the way that freedom ends...not with a bang but a whimper. All our enemies have to do is threaten us with violence:

The Limits of Speech

George Stephanopolous talks to Justice Stephen Breyer:

Last week we saw a Florida Pastor – with 30 members in his church – threaten to burn Korans which lead to riots and killings in Afghanistan. We also saw Democrats and Republicans alike assume that Pastor Jones had a Constitutional right to burn those Korans. But Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told me on “GMA” that he’s not prepared to conclude that — in the internet age — the First Amendment condones Koran burning.

“Holmes said it doesn’t mean you can shout ‘fire’ in a crowded theater,” Breyer told me. “Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death?”

So, the upshot of this is that if more people rioted and killed people after idiots burned the American flag, it might be constitutional to ban flag burning too. Good to know, I suppose.

Yes, good to know, isn't it, that our fundamental freedoms are dependent on the good behavior of Muslims around the world. We all remember, for example, how well the 'ummah' behaved after some cute little cartoons were drawn. Or how Theo van Gogh experienced their rational discourse regarding his film.

Nice to know that human freedom is at the mercy of an irrational, violent, religion with no tolerance or mercy to those who disagree with it. And you thought we'd moved on from medeival times! That your life, your liberty and the your pursuit of happiness had been guaranteed to you in the Constitution of the U.S. Silly you.

It's also nice to know that our 'leaders' are willing to bow to threats of blackmail and surrender western civilization at a moment's notice.