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Originally Posted by Slava
I'm not defending what they are protesting or anything like that, I want to make that clear.
The problem as I see it is that we need to have the right to peaceful assembly as citizens, and we can't allow it sometimes but not others. I think that a lot of the issue here is based on the fact that most people seem to disagree with the issues being protested.
I actually would rather they were forced out (hence my send in the tanks comment a few pages back), but clearly this isn't an option. I also wish that the city could shut down that street church or whatever it is in front city hall. I know its a little different, but the reality is that we can't infringe on peoples rights in a selective fashion.
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Rights only extend to the point that they begin to impinge upon the rights of others. I don't know that a lot of people are being impacted by this occupation in the plaza, but if they are the fact that this is a protest doesn't mean it trumps the interests of those other groups or people.