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New Get the quote right.
One can't yell fire in a crowed theater and claim protection via the 1st Amendment.

Let's at least get the lead-in quote correct (I do see that the article you quoted had the right version):

"The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. The question in every case is whether the words are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Note the "False" specification.

This one always bothers me when it is misquoted because (a) it is almost always misquoted, and (b) the real quote and context is quite a bit different from what most people thinks it is. Changing (omitting) the one word transforms it from a qualified argument about when people can or can not say things into an absolute prohibition, when in almost every case that I've seen examined, the entirety of the events surrounding the speech are considered. As was done in both the Skokie and Brandenburg cases.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
New Sorry. That is indeed what I meant to say...
New Slip of fingers?
That's the problem with hearing it mis-quoted all the time; your brain goes into cramp-mode and you blithely say (or type) the wrong version when you know what the right one is.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
-- Donald Knuth
New Nah, just didn't go back...
I spent most of the time in that post on reading the cite and trying to catch all the extraneous <CR>s in the post (I see I still missed at least 1).

I didn't read my comment at the beginning closely enough. I thought it was assumed to be implicit in the statement (after all, if there is a fire...), but one should be explicit when one is trying to argue about possible restrictions on speech.

Thanks.

Cheers,
Scott.
     The z.iwethey.org party... are you there BOXLEY? - (screamer) - (28)
         Heh.. food for thought - (Ashton)
         First we need a platform - (boxley) - (13)
             Some more planks. - (Ashton) - (12)
                 cant have 9 unless you replace the funding supplied - (boxley) - (11)
                     Another. - (Another Scott) - (10)
                         nope hits the first ammendment too hard for example - (boxley) - (9)
                             Speech in the US has restrictions. (Long) - (Another Scott) - (8)
                                 Get the quote right. - (wharris2) - (3)
                                     Sorry. That is indeed what I meant to say... -NT - (Another Scott) - (2)
                                         Slip of fingers? - (wharris2) - (1)
                                             Nah, just didn't go back... - (Another Scott)
                                 have you ever read transcripts or excerpts - (boxley) - (3)
                                     No I haven't. They don't seem to be online. - (Another Scott) - (2)
                                         Found it! - (boxley) - (1)
                                             Thanks! Bookmarked. More when I get some time... -NT - (Another Scott)
         Shoot. I thought you meant a PARTY. Cake and balloons :( -NT - (tseliot) - (11)
             That is July 4th at BP's house -NT - (boxley) - (10)
                 Yeah! Let's hold our convention then. - (Silverlock) - (9)
                     do they generally disagree? - (drewk)
                     Well.. since that's at Eastern Corporate-HQ territory - (Ashton) - (2)
                         Mr. Chairman, - (Ric Locke) - (1)
                             Mme. Chairman, per Roberta's Rules of Order - (Ashton)
                     Not a born in, cant run :) Ventura might be available? - (boxley)
                     Also we need to find out requirements on how to get on the - (boxley)
                     Typical... - (screamer) - (2)
                         the party on the left is now the party on the right - (boxley) - (1)
                             Part of "Lifehouse" - (Another Scott)
         Might be one ready-made for us to usurp - (drewk)

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