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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-10 02:53 PM
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'2007: I got mine so fuck you' sign draws protest in Calif.
Source: Mountain View Voice

A man and his wife took to the corner of El Camino Real and Castro Street Monday evening to protest Wo'O Ideafarm's latest protest.

The couple blocked Ideafarm's latest billboard, which read "2007: I got mine so f*** you," with makeshift signs that carried a decidedly cheerier message: "Merry Christmas."

... Ideafarm, who said that the couple were violating his right to free speech with their act, called the police in an attempt to learn their names and ultimately sue them.

"They are blocking my signs," Ideafarm said. "They are out here to silence me."

An officer on the scene, Sgt. Art Roberts, told a photographer and reporter from the Voice that media coverage of Ideafarm's interactions with Mountain View police would only encourage the local transient.

Read more: http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=3709
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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-10 03:03 PM
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1. People need to learn that only GOVERNMENT can impede the right to free speech.
Protesting one sign with another sign IS free speech. Ideafarm is saying that "he is yelling louder than me, so he is restricting my speech." What nonsense.
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superduperfarleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-10 03:05 PM
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2. Three people with entirely too much time on their hands. n/t
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