Politics

[Aaron N]

You might want to look up all the Christians that have been arrested for preaching on the streets of the U.K before trying to refute fact

I’m ok with not letting anyone preach on a street

 

[spike.t]

You might want to look up all the Christians that have been arrested for preaching on the streets of the U.K before trying to refute fact

Depends which lot you play for .....some are more equal than others ....the playing field is crooked

 

[Killingtime]

I’m ok with not letting anyone preach on a street

Do you live in the states or abroad? I ask because if you live in the states you kinda opposed to the idea of America. If you live abroad then by all means ban all you want

 

[Killingtime]

Tone deaf executives giving speeches at universities......

Making something with the sole purpose of replacing everyone is ridiculous they should be booed. I use ai like an advanced google to check and research topics or to recall material from books I’ve read. But I’ve found ai to be wrong even in math that you have to ask to recheck.
As much as I distrust yuval harari on certain subjects I loved his honesty with Russel brand years ago during an interview about how ai would really have the ethics of the programmers and designers of it. He outright said what are the odds that your morals and values line up with theirs

 

[Brent in Az]

I’m ok with not letting anyone preach on a street

Nobody cares.

 

[Wheels]

no.Here you can say all and preaching also..Even he.
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Speakers’ Corner is a gathering place at the northeastern end of Hyde Park in London, right next to Marble Arch. Under a parliamentary resolution dated June 27, 1872 (the Royal Parks and Gardens Regulation Act), anyone may give a speech on any topic here without prior registration and, in doing so, gather passersby around them. However, signs indicate that the British monarchy and the royal family may not be the subject of a speech.
Typically, speakers stand on a box they have brought with them to speak from a slightly elevated position, which is where the term “soapboxing” comes from. These boxes are increasingly being replaced by small stepladders.
Famous figures such as Karl Marx, Lenin, and George Orwell have spoken at Speaker’s Corner.
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Much to the chagrin of my wife and kids, many years ago while at Speakers Corner I recited (as best I could remember) the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.

The only audience was my family slowly walking away from me. There were a few British giving me a weird glance as they strode by. My oratory skills obviously need polishing.

 

[rookhawk]

I’m ok with not letting anyone preach on a street

That's a recipe for only authorized speech. I assure you, there is no such thing as no religion. There is no such thing as "no preaching". You pass laws like you describe and the preaching will be exclusively secular humanism and support for the powerful encumbants in politics.

The solution to bad speech is more speech.

To enforce such a law as you describe would be equally terrifying. The authority and subjective interpretation of what is preaching would be in the hands of a political hack with an agenda.

 

[jeanes]

Trump endorsed Ken Paxton for Senator from Texas. Cornyn has evidently been spending a great deal on the campaign as I see about a dozen Cornyn ads ( actually anti-Paxton ads) for every Paxton ad on TV. Hardly a day goes by without an anti-Paxton mailer. Should be an interesting runoff. I hope that whomever wins, the Republicans can unite behind him. I'm afraid they're underestimating Talarico's support.

 

[Brent in Az]

We are all born with the inalienable right of free speech and personal freedoms
Those that take away, or limit those rights, are nothing but tyrants and dictators.

 

[Aaron N]

Nobody cares.

Obviously you did to take time out of your hectic schedule for the well thought out reply.

 

[Red Leg]

Apparently the NAACP and Democrat Congressional Black Caucus have discovered a new angle to foster racism now and racism forever. They are urging black athletes to boycott the SEC until I guess the conference joins their race based gerrymandering effort? They are also suggesting black athletes consider historically black universities instead presumed racial hotbeds like Alabama, LSU, and University of Florida.

I can't imagine how great that will be for them. After all, I am certain if the NAACP and Democrat Black Caucus reach deep enough in their pockets, then Prairie View A&M can offer the same sort of NIL as Texas A&M.

Truly despicable attempt to achieve political results at the expense of students.

And while we are at it. who exactly is leading in the polling to be the next governor of Florida?

https://www.espn.com/college-sports...p-calls-boycott-southern-states-voting-rights

 

[mdwest]

Im going to guess that the kid that chooses to take an athletic scholarship to Xavier in New Orleans rather than LSU.. or Tuskegee in Alabama rather than the University of Alabama will regret that decision if they were ever even remotely NFL or NBA hopefuls..

It likely a safe bet to say that the NFL doesnt send 1/20th the number of scouts to Xavier than it does to the University of Arkansas, Kentucky, or Tennessee..

But sure.. make sure you do the Congressional Black Caucus proud and get your engineering degree from Hampton University (ranked 113th in the US) rather than Texas A&M (ranked 24th) or UT Austin (ranked 14th)...

Lets see how much further in life that gets you..

Sometimes the CBC makes the most ridiculous arguments imagineable.. lets see... a "racist" school like Alabama admits a black student into their top 10 athletic program or their top 10 academic program.. but... instead of going there you should enroll at a school that the majority of people that arent black (Im not just talking about white people) arent familiar with and play ball there or study there... knowing up front that the athletic program or the academic program are inferior to the SEC program... which thereby lowers the probability of a successful future..

We'll show them!

F'in idiots..

 

[Brent in Az]

Obviously you did to take time out of your hectic schedule for the well thought out reply.

Every now and again I'll go slumming and respond to a stupid comment.

 

[Foxi]

Free speech. limited, and isolated to a corner of a park is not free speech.

The UK has no free speech and actually has no free thought. A woman was praying silently near a hospital that performed abortions. When the police asked what her silent prayers were about, that was enough. The thought police got her.

oh you Americans....
My dear friend, what you are posting there is the mindset of an American backwoodsman.I understand you—I am a backwoodsman myself, a Bavarian one—but I have traveled far more extensively than you have, particularly to England.It is simply nonsense; and here, I would like to come to England's defense (provided they aren't playing football/Soccer against us and arriving with their hooligans )

So:
England is an absolutely liberal country and consistently ranks among the top nations for freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.Fundamentally, quiet, peaceful prayer is permitted everywhere. This is absolutely protected by the rights to freedom of religion and freedom of speech.
There is one specific exception, however, that sometimes leads to misunderstandings.
Around abortion clinics, there is a 150-meter buffer zone; this is because the authorities do not want patients and clinic staff to be harassed by these "prayers", as such actions are viewed as targeted acts of protest.
The point is not to criminalize prayer—not at all.
Rather, England has determined that the protection of privacy—and, above all, mental health—constitutes a higher legal value than freedom of religion.
Outside of that 150-meter zone, you are free to pray peacefully until you pass out—and no one will take issue with it.

Hyde Park:
You are, in fact, where everything is taken for granted, free to speak peacefully in public just about anywhere—provided you do not obstruct anyone or disrupt traffic.However, Hyde Park also serves as a stage—one that invariably draws a large audience,sometimes—and that is precisely what the speakers there love.The provision allowing one to say anything—with the sole exception of insults directed at the Royal Family—stands as a democratic achievement.Nowadays, such a privilege would hardly be enough to get anyone excited; yet back in 1872, when Speakers' Corner first opened, people in other parts of Europe would have had their heads lopped off on the spot for engaging in such free-spirited, audacious speech.
Best regards
Foxi

 

[Foxi]

Much to the chagrin of my wife and kids, many years ago while at Speakers Corner I recited (as best I could remember) the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence.

The only audience was my family slowly walking away from me. There were a few British giving me a weird glance as they strode by. My oratory skills obviously need polishing.

You truly have a wonderful, subtle British sense of humor.
Very astonishing for an American.
Bravo.
But not everyone is a Cicero

 

[Brent in Az]

You truly have a wonderful, subtle British sense of humor.
Very astonishing for an American.
Bravo.
But not everyone is a Cicero

A German claiming Americans are not funny?
That's a big bucket of irony.

 

[Aaron N]

That's a recipe for only authorized speech. I assure you, there is no such thing as no religion. There is no such thing as "no preaching". You pass laws like you describe and the preaching will be exclusively secular humanism and support for the powerful encumbants in politics.

The solution to bad speech is more speech.

To enforce such a law as you describe would be equally terrifying. The authority and subjective interpretation of what is preaching would be in the hands of a political hack with an agenda.

The thing with free speech, is the majority of the population only agrees with it when they agree.

In regards to my comment, do I want the govt’s to ban street preaching? Absolutely not, but I wouldn’t be sad if I never heard one again.

 

[Aaron N]

Every now and again I'll go slumming and respond to a stupid comment.

Life’s better down here in the mud

 

[Tundra Tiger]

Trump endorsed Ken Paxton for Senator from Texas. Cornyn has evidently been spending a great deal on the campaign as I see about a dozen Cornyn ads ( actually anti-Paxton ads) for every Paxton ad on TV. Hardly a day goes by without an anti-Paxton mailer. Should be an interesting runoff. I hope that whomever wins, the Republicans can unite behind him. I'm afraid they're underestimating Talarico's support.

I have seen several Paxton interviews. Between those and what I read about him, he doesn't sound like someone I would vote for. And for some reason it doesn't surprise me Trump endorsed him. I personally think Republicans are pissing away whatever they could have gained the past year plus. That lion hunting video with everyone shooting across each other comes to mind.