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I saw the photo of the banner in the paper, and thought it was extremely inappropriate. If Tom Detwyler wanted to open a community discussion on the topic of the Addison/Butler case, perhaps he should have used this blogsite. Instead, he usurped an expensive banner furnished by the GL Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of positive art festivities for the community, and forced his own tainted opinion on the public. The theme of the banners is "Sunny days, starry nights" and not "controversial political crap".
It was the GL Chamber who was wronged, as well as the people of the community, and not Tom Detwyler. I think he owes the GL Chamber an apology.
I agree with the last post. This was supposed to be a community event for kids and families to express their artistic creativity...not some old, bitter and twisted crank using the stage for his political commentary.
I do actually hold the chamber responsible in part for displaying the garbage, they did actually put the banner up.
SI
Our young people are dying in Iraq so that those people can have, among other things, free speech.
We ought to cherish that right, even if one is offended by what is said.
We do have free speech, but not everything can or should be hung from a public street pole for an art festival. America still has a code of ethics, even though the liberals are trying their hardest to do away with morals and force the rest of us to live in their sick version of society.
If Tom Detwyler wanted to voice his political commentary, why didn't he write a letter to the newspaper and intelligently explain his point of view? I can answer that question: He didn't want to open a community discussion, his intention was to cast shame/blame on a judge and some lawyers who did their jobs professionally and correctly. There was no rape, and for those of you can't accept the fact that supposed "victim" in this case had consensual sex with two young attorneys, then you are truly naive. She knew exactly what she was getting into. If there had been any actual evidence, there would have been a different outcome. In my opinion, the case should have been thrown out of court.
Free speech BS...i wondered how long it would take for that one to come out.
It isn't about free speech, it's about an imbecile who wants to use a family based venue for spouting his political and adult themed bullshit.
Is it ok to go into a school playground and make political statements to 8 year old kids about subjects concerning rape/adult promiscuity?....why not hang nudes from banners in the street, advertise a few porno websites outside the Chamber office?
Don't give me this free speech crap....there's a place for free speech and it ain't cool when some dude hangs it from banners in our downtown...
Vet1
One important point: the Chamber did not put the banner up.
sure they did. wallenfang was representing the chamber when she went around with the banners. the chamber put them up.
Don't think so.
So anonymous says there is a "place" for free speech. Who determines that? You? That's scary.
In Tiannamen Square, they didn't like what some kids were saysing, so they shot 'em.
In North Korea, you just disapperar.
In Cuba, you go to jail for 20 years.
In Iraq, if somebody doesn't like what you say, they cut your head off.
Those banners were hanging on lightposts that we all have paid for, i.e., they are public.
You guys all sound hysterical. Get over it. The guy had a take on the theme that was dark and sardonic, but not illegal. If you hadn't made such a stink about it, most people would never have noticed that it was there.
And it certainly wouldn't have offended any kid old enough to figure out what it meant. Have you watched any music videos lately? Or looked at how the young girls are dressing? They are not naive. And a starry night CAN turn into a horrific night. That's a conversation worth having.
You insult all those people who died to protect our freedom when you say that someone who sees something in a different way than you has no right to say so publicly. And unless you are the Taliban, you don't tell me or anyone else which public venue is OK.
North Korea...Taliban....Tiannamen Square...?
Holy moses, I lock my shotgun away for the season and look what happens! ....communist uprisings in Green Lake...WTF?
Still, at least with those guys you know where you stand. It's when one of them slips in unnoticed, infiltrates the community, starts causing trouble, hanging up signs and stuff....that's when it gets scary and I get histerical.
Lock your doors, impose a curfew on the kids....the commies are in town..
Of course there is a place for free speech, and that is not scary in the least. There absolutely are right and wrong things one can say in certain places. A perfect example is the student who made the bomb threat at Markesan High School, and now has to pay $18,000 because of his little note left in the lunchroom. It is 100% illegal to even say the word "bomb" in an airport. Some things just are not appropriate. Publicly ridiculing elected officials is not as serious as making bomb threats, but inappropriate nonetheless.
If you read the above posts here, not one person ever said that Tom Detwyler wasn't entitled to free speech. It's just that his notions were not appropriate for the venue of the art walk. Dah.
aclu has infiltrated the community.the said crime did not occur in the city of green lake ,the courthouse is part of the county and the three people involved are not residents of the city of green lake. tom owes the city of green lake an apology for defamation of the city's good name not the other way around.also he owes us, the citizens of green lake ,for any expenses. kudos to the city workers who cared enough to take that trash down.
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