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by JoelSutherland 5563 days ago
Maybe I'm sober and don't want to wait in traffic. Or maybe I'm drunk and don't want a ticket.

The point is that it doesn't really matter. The very first constitutional amendment ensures that the government's power is limited such that it doesn't need to evaluate the content of its citizens' speech.

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Which is being stretched pretty thin to include "IPhone App" as "speech". But ok.

Freedom of speech is expressly limited in cases such as hollering "Fire!" in a crowded theatre. How about defeating police efforts to catch murderers? Child molestors? Drunk drivers?

Seems like its not cut-and-dried is all I'm saying.