It's The 1st Amendment, NOT The 1st Suggestion!

Slate doesn't seem too excited about Justice Breyer's remarks on the 1st Amendment, in light of the Quran-burning incident.  What Breyer does say concerns me:

you can say—with the Internet, you can say this. … Holmes said it doesn't mean you can shout "fire" in a crowded theater. 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? … It will be answered over time in a series of cases which force people to think carefully.

So, apparently, unlike the relatively natural reaction to hearing the word "fire", a decidedly UNNATURAL action, like murdering Christians, may lead to inhibited speech.

At least, when it offends the easily-offended Muslim population.

UPDATE:  Upon re-reading the Slate post, it's clear that they disapprove of any restriction on the 1st Amendment - what I wrote previously seems to suggest the opposite.

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The 1st Amendment Should NOT Be Changed For a Murderous, Ignorant People

I'm like a lot of Christians; I do read the Bible, I do hold it in high esteem; I do think it was written by men at the inspiration of God.

I wouldn't, however kill someone who destroyed a Bible.

The Saudis, among other nations, can thank God Allah that most Christians think the same way I do.  Otherwise, they would be busy protecting themselves against Christians enraged against their routine destruction of Bibles confiscated from Christians entering their countries.

Some examples:

Not burned, but shredded - and, if their owners have more than 1 Bible, arrested.

Incidents from previous years.

Burning Christians alive - is that better than burning a book?

Would I burn a Quran?  No.

But it must be said, that the pastor who did burnt his own property.  Nothing he did was illegal.  Nothing he did should get him in trouble with the law.

He may have been rude, motivated by hatred of Islam, and disdainful of another's religion.

None of that, in America, is actionable.  Nor should be.

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