they don't have the right to use the unifomr to make that free expression - Edit 1
Before modification by random thoughts at 21/04/2010 02:41:00 PM
They earned the uniform, period.
They have the right to free expression, period.
Everything else is bookkeeping. If it was a random bunch of guys in costumes they hadn't earned, I'd be with you calling shenanigans. I mean, war is the ultimate political point, so the politicians use their uniforms (and the lives wearing those uniforms) all the time. Why shouldn't they be entitled to their protest?
They have the right to free expression, period.
Everything else is bookkeeping. If it was a random bunch of guys in costumes they hadn't earned, I'd be with you calling shenanigans. I mean, war is the ultimate political point, so the politicians use their uniforms (and the lives wearing those uniforms) all the time. Why shouldn't they be entitled to their protest?