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RE: Absolute Freedom & Respect Conflicts - Dutch Tradition to Remember the Victims of Freedom
The judge has erred.
The basis of their protest is that they in fact DO NOT respect the action s of the government and of the soldiers in Indonesia. The point of freedom of speech, is so that you may speak against opinions or situations that you find abhorrent.
The judge is forcing one group to respect the actions of another group celebrating something they find evil, and to be forced to respect that with silence is suppression of thought.
You don't need freedom of speech to protect opinions everyone agrees with. You need it to protect the ones who disagree.
This is not freedom of speech in the least.
They Judge did not make any statement and/or judgement wrt freedom of speech. The judge decided based on public safety.
My mistake. If the judge was able to determine there was a clear and present threat then maybe he's correct. Outside of that, I wouldn't suppress their protest.
Cool :)