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| Mario Savio, Sproul Hall (1966) |
Get the fuck out of there is what you're going to do when someone cries "fire" in a crowded theater. That's the reason Oliver Wendell Holmes delivered the famous Schenck decision, cautioning on the limits of free speech. It's a free country. The Bill of Rights allows for the single individual to stand fast against the will of the many. The problem comes when one deals with limits. Danger to life is an obvious parameter but whaf if there really is a fire? People are likely to be killed not only because of the smoke and flames, but the stampede which results when the alarm goes off.
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