M-TH: Analyzing Neoli

Rob Schaap rws at comserver.canberra.edu.au
Sun Dec 13 03:35:56 PST 1998


Another quick one ...

I hear a nice little capitalism v. democracy issue is unfolding at a Minnasota shopping mall.

The argument: Some animal rights types have been told to shut up about their cause by the owners of the mall within which they were demonstrating.

The demonstrators counter that shopping mall's are simply the latter-day version of the market-place, a place dedicated to the gathering of citizens as members of civil society, and just about the only such public space left - so the First Amendment applies.

The owner's response? 'It's MY mall, so there!'.

One worth writing a few letters-to-the editor about, eh? Choc-a-bloc with all the right issues, it is!

Can't wait for the judgement, either!

Cheers, Rob



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