Xref: utzoo soc.culture.jewish:8597 news.misc:2282 news.sysadmin:1830 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!bellcore!texbell!tness1!splut!jay From: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,news.misc,news.sysadmin Subject: Re: Anti-Semitism (Jew-hatred) on the network. What should be done? Message-ID: <772@splut.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 12:54:38 GMT References: <1748YZKCU@CUNYVM> <577@oravax.UUCP> <17569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: jay@splut.UUCP (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) Organization: Confederate Microsystems, League City, TX Lines: 25 In article <17569@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> era1987@violet.berkeley.edu writes one of Mark's typical tirades, full of ranting and raving, but bearing little resemblence to reality. I'll respond to just one point here, as 1) I'm somewhat familiar with the particular case, and 2) others will no doubt shred the rest of the tirade: >The Constitution does not protect your right to express the view >that the President should be assassinated. Actually, in a case decided by the Supreme Court about a year and a half ago, the right to do exactly that was upheld. An employee of one of Harris County's Constable offices was fired for making the statement that "I wish Hinkley would have done the job right" at work, in front of the entire office. She was fired on the basis that an employee of a law-enforcement agency should not condone or encourage illegal activity. She sued for reinstatement, and the case went to the Supreme Court, which ordered her rehired and given back pay. The ruling stated that the firing infringed the employee's First Amendment right to free expression. -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can uucp: uunet!nuchat! (eieio)| adequately be explained by stupidity. hoptoad!academ!uhnix1!splut!jay +---------------------------------------- {killer,bellcore}!tness1! | Eight more years! Eight more years!