| "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Like every other amendment, the first is being constantly chipped away at. While you're so worried about the "violent destruction" of our society, you seem to be not at all worried about it's peaceful destruction. Like many others these days, you want to give up some of your freedom for a greater sense of security. I disagree, I am not willing to voluntarily give up the slightest shred of my rights as guaranteed by the Constitution. I'd much rather take my chances with the crooks out on the streets than cede my rights to the crooks in the government.
All this guy did was talk. In addition to telling his followers to drink poison, Jim Jones provided it, so I guess he was guilty of something.
"Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied." - Leonard Cohen |