Dancing is now not only a crime in certain parts of the country but you're subject to being body slammed and held down by your throat even if you're not actively resisting. What ever happened to freedom of expression?
First Amendment:
The relevant portion of the First Amendment, passed in 1791, reads “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble….”
Symbolic Speech: The expression of ideas which involves only action and not words is considered "symbolic" speech and, while covered under the First Amendment, is treated somewhat differently than are other forms of expression.
The US have shitty laws, we get it :P. This one is even dumber than the feeding-the-homeless one.
Haha. Well I'm going to continue to point out shitty laws as long as they exist. That's my duty as an american citizen. People forget that the government is supposed to work for the people, not the other way around.
Nice body slam.
The officer was asking him to bring his arms behind his back, proceeded to warn him when he was not cooperating and then owned him.
You see, that's the kind of people I would gladly see deported to some third world country and made to labor the whole day to only get mere scraps to live on. Their current lives are just too good, so they can afford to be complete aimless jackasses.
Just what the fuck is wrong with them? Can't they dance at home or in a nightclubs somewhere?
Oh no, we are too hip for that- let's choose a place where we are not allowed to.
This whole government-conspiring thing is getting old. Some people just have it so good that they completely fail to have any perspective whatsoever. Half of them fuck around, the other half make up conspiracy theories to justify it all.
They are protesting against a law that violates part of the constitution. It's the best way to make the public aware of the situation. Yeah I agree it's just for attention, but that was the point of this demonstration. They peaceably assembled and exercised the first amendment, not only to be shut down with an unjust law, but to be brutalized. Yes he resisted, but that was excessive force.
You see, that's the kind of people I would gladly see deported to some third world country and made to labor the whole day to only get mere scraps to live on. Their current lives are just too good, so they can afford to be complete aimless jackasses.
That's sort of the point though, we DON'T live in a third world country, we have rights that are being stamped out on a more and more regular basis. This isn't what the USA was founded on.
You see, that's the kind of people I would gladly see deported to some third world country and made to labor the whole day to only get mere scraps to live on.
@Dae
Funny how you took what I said out of context and really sad that these are the kinds of people you are standing up for- some clueless morons who think the best way to change a law is to break it, then film the consequences and put it on youtube.
You still don't grasp the sheer stupidity of it all? Or are you too lost within your conspiracy to realize how absurd this whole situation is?
There's a place in America where I can't dance! Oh the tragedy.
Seriously, some have it too easy.
Just tell me- why in the world do you absolutely need to dance there? Forget about your constitution or rights. Just answer me that question.
Does dancing there give you magic powers? Make you high? Make cookies fall out of the sky maybe? Stop famine and child abuse?
A the end of the day, dancing in that place won't make any difference in your quality of life.
Like for your homeless people, there were numerous alternatives where they could have been fed without breaking any law whatsoever, but the people chose to be attention-whores and broke the law, instead of channeling their efforts in helping those in need.
Pathetic and despicable. To the extreme.
This originally enacted when a woman was arrested there for dancing before there was a law, it's not like she was breaking the law at the time, she was just dancing which we are free to do. Why DON'T we need to dance there? We shouldn't put the constitution or rights aside, that's what this is about.
I'm not so much supporting the absurdity of this protest as I'm pointing out the absurdity of this law and how unjust it is.
Do you guys know how US citizens commit suicide? They stand on thier ego and jump down. Third world citizen have rights too, you know.
Didn't mean to imply people in third world countries don't have rights also. I was simply replying directly to what Nekro had said. He isn't from the US so I'm sure it has nothing to do with his US ego.
Killed 120 million native americans, aka Idians/apache, stole their land, then forced the afican amercians to build it for them. Gotta be proud at a country like that.
Funny thing of all, this is al a fact XD
Yes that's undeniably true I think everyone knows that, horrible things have happened in the history of the US but it has nothing to do with the topic.
This originally enacted when a woman was arrested there for dancing before there was a law, it's not like she was breaking the law at the time, she was just dancing which we are free to do. Why DON'T we need to dance there? We shouldn't put the constitution or rights aside, that's what this is about.
I'm not so much supporting the absurdity of this protest as I'm pointing out the absurdity of this law and how unjust it is.
Alright then, a few questions need to be answered here because this video is meaningless.
When (a date) was this law enacted?
What is this law about (specifics)?
And to answer your question- because the dancing woman obviously annoyed somebody. LOL
I can understand them however ridiculous it is. Like you know, I won't like people dancing at my grandad's funeral. Kind of an extreme example but it's just to point out that dancing is not always appropriate.
And I seem to remember that we have walking and running as reliable means of travel making dancing quite specific and something great to act like a douchebag with.
Anyway it would be cool if you could enlighten us on that law. I am quite curious about it. There must be some awesome story behind.
My computer can't run youtube atm. What does it have?
A group of people protest a law saying you can't dance at the Jefferson Memorial by dancing there, about 6 or so people end up arrested and one gets body slammed and held down by his throat.
Anyway it would be cool if you could enlighten us on that law. I am quite curious about it. There must be some awesome story behind.
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the exact law, I know it's basically no dancing there. The cop refuses to tell them what law they are breaking.
It's funny you mention people dancing at a funeral because people protesting at funerals is okay, but people dancing at the memorial of the guy that wrote up the constitution ensuring us freedom of expression is not okay.
Oh man, the westboro baptist church is so awesome. I watched a documentary about them last year. They do specialize in picketing funerals. Brings me to my original point really, some people have it too easy. So they can afford to do all these stuffs.
Oh and they are not amateurs either- they've got some extremely good lawyers that took them out of some tight situation when the father of a deceased soldier sued them. Ah, the beauty of the freedom of speech and dumbassery.
Anyway back on topic- ya well the funeral thing was just to point out that dancing is not always appropriate.
Who knows- maybe that woman was obscenely dancing her drunken ass at the memorial. Jefferson might have liked it, but I guess it was not to everyone's taste.
Who knows- maybe that woman was obscenely dancing her drunken ass at the memorial. Jefferson might have liked it, but I guess it was not to everyone's taste.
Yeah the church leader sends members to law school to become lawyers to fight for them. Lol...
Anyway yeah that's possible I guess but wouldn't that instead just be filed as indecent exposure or public indecency or something? I don't think that was the case. In any event one person shouldn't be reason enough to create a law that infringes on rights.
However, it remains a fact that there are pathways to amend or abolish a law, which is the reason why I despise the people on this video.
Furthermore, there is absolutely no urgency (not even remotely) to amend this law. It is doing nothing that actively impedes on the lives of Americans. It is insignificant and non-consequential except to those attention/thrill seekers who have decided that eating at MacDonald is no longer exciting enough and they need something more.
I'm just really wary of anything that infringes on my rights, because that's how things get bad. It starts out small things. They don't jump right into a 8 o'clock curfew and jail time for a news article.
Perhaps the proper channels would be the better way to handle this, but as we know that doesn't work all the time.
Do you guys know how US citizens commit suicide? They stand on thier ego and jump down. Third world citizen have rights too, you know.
Didn't mean to imply people in third world countries don't have rights also. I was simply replying directly to what Nekro had said. He isn't from the US so I'm sure it has nothing to do with his US ego.
I know, I wasn't really offended, just pointing that out.
That is exactly the issue. They are standing up for something that may seem small and silly now, but there is no telling where something like this may go. And yes, there are systems in place to abolish laws, it's worth pointing out that many of the major changes in American laws changed in response to protests. It's true that those changes were far more impacting and dire then dancing, but protests such as these are protected for that very reason - because they are effective catalysts of change.
These 'Americans' are just bored and looking to fill up some time before the next Transformers movie comes out.
I think the release of Diablo and Battlefield 3 might greatly curb their protesting urges.
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Dancing is now not only a crime in certain parts of the country but you're subject to being body slammed and held down by your throat even if you're not actively resisting. What ever happened to freedom of expression?
Haha. Well I'm going to continue to point out shitty laws as long as they exist. That's my duty as an american citizen. People forget that the government is supposed to work for the people, not the other way around.
The officer was asking him to bring his arms behind his back, proceeded to warn him when he was not cooperating and then owned him.
You see, that's the kind of people I would gladly see deported to some third world country and made to labor the whole day to only get mere scraps to live on. Their current lives are just too good, so they can afford to be complete aimless jackasses.
Just what the fuck is wrong with them? Can't they dance at home or in a nightclubs somewhere?
Oh no, we are too hip for that- let's choose a place where we are not allowed to.
This whole government-conspiring thing is getting old. Some people just have it so good that they completely fail to have any perspective whatsoever. Half of them fuck around, the other half make up conspiracy theories to justify it all.
That's sort of the point though, we DON'T live in a third world country, we have rights that are being stamped out on a more and more regular basis. This isn't what the USA was founded on.
Do you guys know how US citizens commit suicide? They stand on thier ego and jump down. Third world citizen have rights too, you know.
Funny how you took what I said out of context and really sad that these are the kinds of people you are standing up for- some clueless morons who think the best way to change a law is to break it, then film the consequences and put it on youtube.
You still don't grasp the sheer stupidity of it all? Or are you too lost within your conspiracy to realize how absurd this whole situation is?
There's a place in America where I can't dance! Oh the tragedy.
Seriously, some have it too easy.
Just tell me- why in the world do you absolutely need to dance there? Forget about your constitution or rights. Just answer me that question.
Does dancing there give you magic powers? Make you high? Make cookies fall out of the sky maybe? Stop famine and child abuse?
A the end of the day, dancing in that place won't make any difference in your quality of life.
Like for your homeless people, there were numerous alternatives where they could have been fed without breaking any law whatsoever, but the people chose to be attention-whores and broke the law, instead of channeling their efforts in helping those in need.
Pathetic and despicable. To the extreme.
I'm not so much supporting the absurdity of this protest as I'm pointing out the absurdity of this law and how unjust it is.
Didn't mean to imply people in third world countries don't have rights also. I was simply replying directly to what Nekro had said. He isn't from the US so I'm sure it has nothing to do with his US ego.
Yes that's undeniably true I think everyone knows that, horrible things have happened in the history of the US but it has nothing to do with the topic.
Please stay on topic.
Alright then, a few questions need to be answered here because this video is meaningless.
When (a date) was this law enacted?
What is this law about (specifics)?
And to answer your question- because the dancing woman obviously annoyed somebody. LOL
I can understand them however ridiculous it is. Like you know, I won't like people dancing at my grandad's funeral. Kind of an extreme example but it's just to point out that dancing is not always appropriate.
And I seem to remember that we have walking and running as reliable means of travel making dancing quite specific and something great to act like a douchebag with.
Anyway it would be cool if you could enlighten us on that law. I am quite curious about it. There must be some awesome story behind.
A group of people protest a law saying you can't dance at the Jefferson Memorial by dancing there, about 6 or so people end up arrested and one gets body slammed and held down by his throat.
It's funny you mention people dancing at a funeral because people protesting at funerals is okay, but people dancing at the memorial of the guy that wrote up the constitution ensuring us freedom of expression is not okay.
Oh and they are not amateurs either- they've got some extremely good lawyers that took them out of some tight situation when the father of a deceased soldier sued them. Ah, the beauty of the freedom of speech and dumbassery.
Anyway back on topic- ya well the funeral thing was just to point out that dancing is not always appropriate.
Who knows- maybe that woman was obscenely dancing her drunken ass at the memorial. Jefferson might have liked it, but I guess it was not to everyone's taste.
Yeah the church leader sends members to law school to become lawyers to fight for them. Lol...
Anyway yeah that's possible I guess but wouldn't that instead just be filed as indecent exposure or public indecency or something? I don't think that was the case. In any event one person shouldn't be reason enough to create a law that infringes on rights.
However, it remains a fact that there are pathways to amend or abolish a law, which is the reason why I despise the people on this video.
Furthermore, there is absolutely no urgency (not even remotely) to amend this law. It is doing nothing that actively impedes on the lives of Americans. It is insignificant and non-consequential except to those attention/thrill seekers who have decided that eating at MacDonald is no longer exciting enough and they need something more.
Perhaps the proper channels would be the better way to handle this, but as we know that doesn't work all the time.
I know, I wasn't really offended, just pointing that out.
These 'Americans' are just bored and looking to fill up some time before the next Transformers movie comes out.
I think the release of Diablo and Battlefield 3 might greatly curb their protesting urges.