Reply #106: Your feeble [View All]

[billh58]

defense of "privacy" has no bearing in this case. It was not the racism and bigotry part of the conversation that caused this rednecked asshole to get thrown off of the airplane -- it was the unwarranted, and potentially disruptive remark about the implied safety of the flight. This is the type of speech which falls under the "crowed theater" exception to the First Amendment.

Your analogy about talking to your husband in a restaurant does not apply here either. If you are talking loud enough to be heard by others, your conversation is no longer private. If you are overheard talking about a possible crime, you can be reported, and legally detained for further questioning. In this case, talking about possibly disrupting a scheduled air carrier flight based on false information would be a Federal crime.

Thoughts are not private when they are uttered out loud. A conversation is not private when it can be overheard by others, with the exception of illegal eavesdropping.