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Re: Some states seek to ban anti-war speech
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Originally Posted by Imperator
your title doesn't quite do it for me....I don’t consider having to ask people to keep the names of dead soldiers off their anti war t shirts a violation of free speech.....if it were my son and I believed he died in vane and agreed I would expect to be asked first, if I didn’t agree same..don’t use my sons name for your own political statement..find your own that do believe so..though I expect that they won’t find very many which is probably why they didn’t ask....
would you feel the same if anti abortion activists used the names of females who had abortions, on anti abortion t shirts?
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Totally different situation.
The names of war dead are in the public record. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy, the names are published.
That's a lot different than revealing a doctor patient relationship where privacy is expected.
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