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Originally posted by TimT
Apparently the first amendment doesnt apply in Las Vegas...
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From the article...
Ronstadt's comments drew loud boos and some of the 4,500 people in attendance stormed out of the theater. People also tore down concert posters and tossed cocktails into the air.
"It was a very ugly scene," Aladdin President Bill Timmins told The Associated Press. "She praised him and all of a sudden all bedlam broke loose."
The first ammendment doesn't allow someone to scream "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theater, or other inciteful speech. Perhaps a bit of research into the demographics of her audience would have been a good idea. And as far as the people booing, one could argue they were exercising their own freedom of speech.
Don't get me wrong, she DID have every right to say whatever she said. It IS a free country, afterall. She just also needed to realize that may be repercussions from saying it. We may have the freedom of speech, but the ability to force someone to listen isn't part of the bargain.
If nothing else, it would seem like just good business to give her the boot. No matter who the messenger is or what the message may be. If paying guests are THAT unhappy, you need to do something to make them happy. This IS a capitalist society, not a socialist one.
Randy