I recently read an online column about the state of Wisconsin coming out with students guidelines that said, among other things, that booing and derisive chants should not be allowed.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/...3D-1496830538#
In the comments I said something about free speech and studying constitutional law and political science in college, and someone came back with "did you get your JD from that particular community college?"
In my response I posted the following, including the bolded section about the MGCB shutting down the free speech rights of the room operators. This was a Fox News article by the way, and I am trying to get the MGCB actions in front of as many people as I can, not as a poker or gambling issue but as a freedom of speech issue:
Wow. Are you really such an elitist that you think someone has to be highly educated to understand or exercise their right to free speech?
I understood the concept at a very young age. My father insisted that I read "1984." That was the only thing that he ever insisted that I read and I resented it--until I read the book.
Yes, that was only a book, but the issue is as prominent as ever. In China Christian pastors are jailed, well, just because they are Christian pastors. But let's look a little closer to home.
In Canada, saying from the pulpit that homosexuality is a sin is illegal because it is considered "hate speech."
Not close enough to home? How about this? In Michigan there are charity poker rooms licensed by the state. A lot of people don't like them, especially the casinos. So, the Michigan Gaming Control Board put the squeeze on the charity rooms. Remember, these are legal businesses licensed by the state.
Recently room operators were told that they are not allowed to advertise. If the room has a web site, that site can not say anything about the games or tournaments, and it can not include the room's phone number or physical address.
THAT is what happens when the right to free speech is infringed. If you don't like what someone is saying or doing you can shut them down.
If that can happen to a legal and licensed poker room who's next?. A sex shop? The Christian bookstore? A Muslim welcome center?
Either we have free speech or we don't.
Last edited by Poker Clif; 01-13-2016 at 02:55 PM.
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