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Re:Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment f... by canjobear on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:45PM (#31742095)
If you’re referring to US law, then yelling “fire” in a theater is indeed permitted under the Brandenburg v. Ohio standard.
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Re:Japan passes revised penal code with harsher punishment f... by ch4s3 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @12:51PM (#31742227)
It was never really prohibited, Holmes was just being "cute" and making an analogy to justify locking up a guy for protesting the draft.
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