Comments on: MN Pays For Unconstitutional Game Law http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: spaceman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176865 spaceman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:04:43 +0000 #comment-176865 <em>explicitly political speech</em><br /> <br /> phone sex with a Senator? explicitly political speech

phone sex with a Senator?

]]> By: spaceman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176861 spaceman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:01:37 +0000 #comment-176861 <em>explicitly political speech</em><br /> <br /> phone sex with a Senator? explicitly political speech

phone sex with a Senator?

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176858 mnblrmkr Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:53:16 +0000 #comment-176858 Well, then can I bring up Bjork?<br /> <br /> I think Bork should braid bead his beard like Ventura had. MIght make him a little less creepy. Well, then can I bring up Bjork?

I think Bork should braid bead his beard like Ventura had. MIght make him a little less creepy.

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176857 kwatt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:51:17 +0000 #comment-176857 Wow. I'm surprised to not have known or put that together. Wow. I’m surprised to not have known or put that together.

]]> By: lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176856 lunch! Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:47:56 +0000 #comment-176856 <em>I've never read up on the subject, I can't wrap my head around the expressional similarity between a video game and a work of art. </em><br /> Creative works regardless of media type are speech. I’ve never read up on the subject, I can’t wrap my head around the expressional similarity between a video game and a work of art.
Creative works regardless of media type are speech.

]]> By: lunch! http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176855 lunch! Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:46:54 +0000 #comment-176855 Don't bring up Bork, he's creepy looking, like a confederate general or colonel sanders in a grey suit. Don’t bring up Bork, he’s creepy looking, like a confederate general or colonel sanders in a grey suit.

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176854 kwatt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:46:37 +0000 #comment-176854 I've never read up on the subject, I can't wrap my head around the expressional similarity between a video game and a work of art. I’ve never read up on the subject, I can’t wrap my head around the expressional similarity between a video game and a work of art.

]]> By: mnblrmkr http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176853 mnblrmkr Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:08 +0000 #comment-176853 <em><br /> I think it's ridiculous that a video game is considered free speech. </em><br /> <br /> Why? They contain forms of expression. A strict interpretation like that, basically, only a spoken or written speech would qualify. <br /> <br /> Painting, sculpture, music, even the sacred "money equals speech" are all out the window.<br /> <br /> I suppose we could take the Robert Bork interpretation, and only explicitly political speech is protected.
I think it’s ridiculous that a video game is considered free speech.

Why? They contain forms of expression. A strict interpretation like that, basically, only a spoken or written speech would qualify.

Painting, sculpture, music, even the sacred “money equals speech” are all out the window.

I suppose we could take the Robert Bork interpretation, and only explicitly political speech is protected.

]]> By: kwatt http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176846 kwatt Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:32:58 +0000 #comment-176846 I think it's ridiculous that a video game is considered free speech. I think it’s ridiculous that a video game is considered free speech.

]]> By: vcmc http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12701#comment-176845 vcmc Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:29:26 +0000 #comment-176845 regardless, octane, your comment's still valid - although it sucks our lawmakers incurred a cost to MN taxpayers out of their ignorance, there are much bigger, more expensive mistakes which probably deserve more of our attention. regardless, octane, your comment’s still valid – although it sucks our lawmakers incurred a cost to MN taxpayers out of their ignorance, there are much bigger, more expensive mistakes which probably deserve more of our attention.

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