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> It's illegal to yell fire in a crowded movie theater [1]"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is a popular metaphor and frequent misquoting of Oliver Wendell
by sev 16y ago
> It's illegal to yell fire in a crowded movie theater
[1]"Shouting fire in a crowded theater" is a popular metaphor and frequent misquoting of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.'s opinion.
The misquote fails to mention falsely shouting fire to highlight that speech which is merely dangerous and false which can be distinguished from truthful but also dangerous.
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_thea...