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posted by CoolHand on Sunday April 05 2015, @04:14PM   Printer-friendly
from the lemme-say-whut-i-want dept.

Recently, oral arguments were heard regarding a case about license plates and the first amendment. The Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has challenged a rejection of their proposed plate that had images of the Confederate flag.

The Texas solicitor general argued that, "Messages on Texas license plates are government speech ... [because] Texas etches its name onto each license plate and Texas law gives the state sole control and final approval authority over everything that appears on a license plate.”

Please share your ideas/comments on this case or your views on vanity plates in general.

Story: http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-supreme-court-confederate-license-plates-20150323-story.html
Case: http://www.oyez.org/cases/2010-2019/2014/2014_14_144
What a vanity plate is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_plate

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:30PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:30PM (#166780)

    But to turn on your own, to attack without warning those you are joined with in a civil union, that is something that is always wrong, in all cultures.

    I'd say it's not wrong in some situations, regardless of what the culture (probably the one you're trying to escape from) says.

    Even those who defect from evil regimes are suspect, since they have turned on those who trusted them, and even if they say they are now on our side (the side of good and cookies!), we cannot trust them.

    Given the discussion, all it shows is that they'll betray evil. If your country does not violate people's liberties, there will be no problem. And if they remained loyal to their original country, they would still be untrustworthy and they would be hated either way.

    Addendum: Betraying evil may seem like a good thing, but it is still betrayal.

    And, of course, betrayal isn't always bad.

    The proper recourse is to publicly take a stand against the evil, as in Civil Disobedience, or to take your leave, again openly and publicly, without being a traitor.

    The proper recourse depends entirely on the situation. I have no problem with completely betraying evil that is violating everyone's rights. There is no solution that will work in every situation.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:44PM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday April 05 2015, @09:44PM (#166786) Journal

    You see, this is why I cannot trust ACs. They'll just stab you in the back if they think you're evil, without stopping to think that maybe they are the ones that . . .