04-27-2014, 06:32 AM
Pretending the issue is about getting in late and getting a suck table is irrelevant. What becomes relevant is the applied restriction of exercise upon their 1st and 4th amendment rights. "...and decided to engage students directly in the same
way they had seen other groups do that day. For instance, they witnessed members
of the Accounting Club approach students asking them to buy “chili tickets” for a
club fundraiser."
The right to hand out pamphlets in a public area cannot be restricted to a zone or group of tables. It's that simple.
If the story was about being restricted to a group of tables if wearing black shirts and those who milled about wearing black shirts beyond the table area were forced to leave the area, a reasonable person would see the restrictions as silly and disregard the restriction as nonsense. The same applies to this situation, the restrictions were nonsense and the fact anyone attempted to enforce them shows just how full of nonsense some people can be.
Edit to add: What I find fascinating is just how disjointed ones perceptions can become. For instance, the tables were set up as courtesy for those with lots of papers etc. banners to promote or share something, yet there are those who for some strange oddball reason or another fail to realize they are merely a provided courtesy and perceive them as the only area in which such activity may occur. It's absolutely fascinating how distorted ones perceptions can become.
way they had seen other groups do that day. For instance, they witnessed members
of the Accounting Club approach students asking them to buy “chili tickets” for a
club fundraiser."
The right to hand out pamphlets in a public area cannot be restricted to a zone or group of tables. It's that simple.
If the story was about being restricted to a group of tables if wearing black shirts and those who milled about wearing black shirts beyond the table area were forced to leave the area, a reasonable person would see the restrictions as silly and disregard the restriction as nonsense. The same applies to this situation, the restrictions were nonsense and the fact anyone attempted to enforce them shows just how full of nonsense some people can be.
Edit to add: What I find fascinating is just how disjointed ones perceptions can become. For instance, the tables were set up as courtesy for those with lots of papers etc. banners to promote or share something, yet there are those who for some strange oddball reason or another fail to realize they are merely a provided courtesy and perceive them as the only area in which such activity may occur. It's absolutely fascinating how distorted ones perceptions can become.