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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1335601, member: 22143&quot;]Your yelling fire example proves exactly why Mr. Carr&#039;s coin is protected by the 1st Amendment.&nbsp; The court has been very careful not to make such sweeping statements that might abridge one&#039;s rights.&nbsp;&nbsp; For example what happens if there is a real fire in the theatre?&nbsp;&nbsp; In that case it&#039;s perfectly reasonable for someone to yell fire.&nbsp; Instead of banning the use of &quot;fire&quot; in a theatre, the Court has simply said that speech is not protected if it results in a <i>&quot;imminent lawless action&quot;</i>.&nbsp; Clearly the intent is to make the action illegal, not the words themselves.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As stated above, the minting of this coin is not illegal simply because it has the words &quot;United States of America&quot; and Dollar stamped on them.&nbsp; These words are not reserved to only be used by the Federal Government.&nbsp; It&#039;s only a crime when people take these words and use them in an act of fraud against the people.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s the same exact analogy to yelling &quot;fire&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, if at some point in the future, someone purchasing one of these coins, and let&#039;s remember it&#039;s made out of a relatively expensive precious metal, mistakes it for a coin produced by the US Mint, then the fault is theirs.&nbsp;&nbsp; Laws should not be written to protect the stupid or ignorant from themselves.&nbsp; Government often likes to take on the role of social engineer, but no where in the Constitution does it state the stupid are entitled to special rights.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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