Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The Grothman Rule of Protesting

Given that we are supposed to live in the age of civility after the Tuscon shooting and how dangerously close the protesters got to Senator Glenn Grothman which could have jeopardize his life, health and safety; I'd like to propose the "Grothman Rule" for protesting:
1. There shall be a buffer zone of fifteen feet from any protestee (the person who is the target of the protest) entering or leaving an place of worship, medical facilities, abortion clinics, government office, legal institutions, prisons, places for the preparing or burying the dead, or place of employment or place where they conduct business as long as the protestee is within 100 feet of the entrance.
2. Protests shall not be conducted at the protestee's home. That is an absolute, unconditional, unambiguous, mandatory rule. People's homes are absolutely and completely off limits. There are no exceptions. 
3. Protests shall not be carried out at a person's place of worship. There are only two exceptions two this rule. Protests are permitted if (a) the protestee is a religious leader of that religious organization or (b) the issue being protested is relevant to the religious organization.
4. Protesters shall not obstruct a person's access to their place of worship, medical facilities, abortion clinics, government office, legal institutions, prisons, places for the preparing or burying the dead, or place of employment or place where they conduct business.
5. There shall be no tampering, interfering, defacing, or destroying the protestee's property or the property of the place of worship, medical facilities, abortion clinics, government office, legal institutions, prisons, places for the preparing or burying the dead, or place of employment or place where they conduct business. That is an absolute, unconditional, unambiguous, mandatory rule. There are no exceptions.
Please distribute this article far and wide and post it on conservative, liberal, libertarian or any other website. It is ok to protest but it is not ok to put people at risk of life, health, and safety no matter how passionate you are about the issue or what the issue is.

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