No permit is required to exercise your free speech. Lots of countries want you to get a permit if you’re planning a demonstration so they know what’s going on and can plan for the effects, block traffic etc.
The people burning Qurans aren’t just whipping out a copy and a bic, they’re planning weeks in advance to do it in majority Muslim areas or famously in front of the embassy of turkey, a predominantly Muslim nation.
The process of applying for the permit actually helps them in this case because the state stations a bunch of cops to keep them from getting killed for pulling a die hard 2.
Rejecting the permit doesn’t curtail their speech rights in the slightest. They can still whip out a Quran and spark it up. There’s just no longer any guarantee the cops will get there in time.
That’s why groups like this just don’t do impromptu demonstrations anymore. They found out that their right to speech ends where the fists of those they offend begin.
No permit is required to exercise your free speech. Lots of countries want you to get a permit if you’re planning a demonstration so they know what’s going on and can plan for the effects, block traffic etc.
The people burning Qurans aren’t just whipping out a copy and a bic, they’re planning weeks in advance to do it in majority Muslim areas or famously in front of the embassy of turkey, a predominantly Muslim nation.
The process of applying for the permit actually helps them in this case because the state stations a bunch of cops to keep them from getting killed for pulling a die hard 2.
Rejecting the permit doesn’t curtail their speech rights in the slightest. They can still whip out a Quran and spark it up. There’s just no longer any guarantee the cops will get there in time.
That’s why groups like this just don’t do impromptu demonstrations anymore. They found out that their right to speech ends where the fists of those they offend begin.