08-26-2002, 08:56 PM
Quote:August 26, 2002 -- The firing of Opie & Anthony from WNEW ("Fired & Brimstone," Aug. 23) has been a long time coming. The pair's supporters have cited "freedom of speech" as an excuse for broadcasting sexual acts from St. Patrick's Cathedral. But the Constitution of the United States was never intended to be used to protect criminal behavior.
When terrorists blow up buildings, they don't have the right to claim that their actions are protected under freedom of speech in the Constitution. That is because they are breaking the law, and the Constitution doesn't protect criminal acts. Opie and Anthony first promoted and then broadcast acts of public lewdness on the air.
Elliot Teitelbaum
Brooklyn
This is from the NYPost.com website.
How in the fuck can you compare Sex for Sam to a terrorist attack? People in this country have officially lost their motherfucking minds.
Blowing up two building with two fully packed commercial airliners is far removed from awarding deviants with a trip to a brewery, continentally far removed...
And NO, I'm not posting this because it's about O&A, I'm posting it because of the comparison being made.
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom to say what you allow me to. Freedom of speech means freedom to say whatever I please to whomever I please (of course racial slurs are no longer allowed, but I don't agree with that either).