# The Heckler's Veto

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hecklers-veto/553845>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 15, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hecklers-veto/553845 "2010-09-15T14:05:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hecklers-veto/553845/141 "2010-09-21T21:19:53Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> Huh? How does the fact that you might have to stand ten or twenty feet in one direction or another get in the way of a group’s _message_?

It’s not the content of the cop’s discussion which **Sailboat** thinks is a problem, it’s that the cop is taking advantage of a perceived threat (that if you don’t treat him with undue deference he’s going to make your life difficult) in order to prevent you going about your business.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hecklers-veto/553845/142 "2010-09-24T12:16:41Z")

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I have an idea:

From now on, all Korans will be printed on American flags. It will stymie both the American loons and the Middle East ones, who will be loath to burn them.

Win!

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