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...crime boss Rosario Gambino's family. Wakes up with horse's ass in his bed PAULA POUNDSTONE Comedy Store hecklers sharpen your knives: stand-up comedian and foster parent is arrested for lewd acts with a teen girl KHALID DURAN Author goes into hiding after Jordanian cleric issues death edict for book. As rookie on the Rushdie circuit, he'll make the beer runs...
...Taliban official reported to United Nations Secretary General Kofi A. Annan on Monday that the demolition of the two great standing Buddhas of Bamiyan was complete, dashing hopes that the last minute intervention could save the statues. Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar's edict that ordered all images and statues deemed "offensive to Islam" be destroyed was finally carried out. But the destruction did not go unnoticed. Government and religious leaders from around the world, as well as scholars and international aid organizations, rightfully denounced the mullah's decision as a coldly calculated maneuver designed to eliminate Buddhism and other...
Should the courts protect NAMBLA's right to exist and to promote its admittedly unpopular views on its website? Ms. Melia predicts not on the basis of her conclusion that the First Amendment "is not an edict allowing deviants the freedom to express their depraved desires." However, she obviously has not read many of the high court's First Amendment cases. Just as the Constitution protects pure thoughts and words, it likewise protects "depraved" desires, as long as those desires are spoken but not acted upon. For example in a recent case the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the right...
...First Amendment, guaranteeing all Americans the right to freedom of speech, is not an edict allowing deviants the freedom to express their depraved desires. One's civil rights end when they begin to encroach on another's. Theoretically, unlimited free speech is completely reasonable. Unfortunately, some Americans abuse their rights, thus restricting us all. Need convincing? Try threatening to kill the President. Try yelling "Fire!" in a crowded building. Whether you know it or not, these are all restrictions on your rights. But unless you are trying to commit treason or cause a stampede, you'll probably never have...
...Davis also introduced an additional $404 million in conservation measures aimed at cutting statewide consumption by 10 percent. The plan will include a $20 million television ad campaign urging Californians to conserve electricity, and a WWII-style edict ordering businesses to turn off half their outdoor lights on pain of $1,000 fines...