Snafu3532 Posted January 1, 2009 Posted January 1, 2009 I also questioned the protests in Iraq about the shoe-throwers prosecution. If you go by the assumption that this was a malicious attempt to harm then it is plain and simple assault and should be prosecuted as such. If you are going under the assumption that this was a "peaceful" protest the man should still be prosecuted. The point of a protest is to say that you feel so strongly about something that you are willing to act outside the rules of society, even if it means paying whatever penalty the law dictates...whether its anything from paying a fine to execution. You cannot allow individuals to express their opinion in disorderly ways, no matter how justified you think it is...otherwise you would have people from this forum throwing shoes about education/firefighters/nurses/protocols/losing at monopoly/etc. We discussed this very issue in my Philosophy class in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail". I might add more later.
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