Protesting outside a Hospital?

Do you find it wrong for these people to do this?

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=\SpecialReports\archive\200508\SPE20050825a.html

Whatever side of politics you stand. Do you find this to be acceptable? Is your right to protest. No question about it. But isn't this a little too much? Would you say that there are other ways to get your message across?

Stupidness.

Don't jeopardise those people's right to healthcare. It's not them you have beef with.

-AC

Here is something that I really don't understand AC. The article says "The anti-war demonstrators, who obtain their protest permits from the Washington, D.C., police department". Which is complete illogical. Why would the police dept issue permits to protestors so that they can stand outside a hospital and protest? Hospitals are consider to be silent areas. In some cities you could get penalized for disturbing the peace near a hospital.

The right to health is greater than the right to protest. Without health, you can not protest.

If I was one of the wounded, I would feel weird trying to recover from my injuries while listening to a bunch of war-hating ninnies protest the bejesus out of themselves.

I'd throw a crutch at them and tell them to get the hell away from the hospotal.

Originally posted by WindDancer
Here is something that I really don't understand AC. The article says "The anti-war demonstrators, who obtain their protest permits from the Washington, D.C., police department". Which is complete illogical. Why would the police dept issue permits to protestors so that they can stand outside a hospital and protest? Hospitals are consider to be silent areas. In some cities you could get penalized for disturbing the peace near a hospital.

It's rather odd, can't say I see the logic behind it. Probably because there isn't any.

What it DOES show, is that law enforcement are becoming more like the the yes men of the world by thinking everyone will be happy if we let them do what they want. Rather than saying "Ok, freedom of expression and speech........but this is bullshit, so no."

-AC

Originally posted by WindDancer
Here is something that I really don't understand AC. The article says "The anti-war demonstrators, who obtain their protest permits from the Washington, D.C., police department". Which is complete illogical. Why would the police dept issue permits to protestors so that they can stand outside a hospital and protest? Hospitals are consider to be silent areas. In some cities you could get penalized for disturbing the peace near a hospital.

most likely they were granted a permit to protest elsewhere, but chose to be idiots and....the rest is history

My dad's a doctor...and when I was a younger I used to go to his workplace (hospital) sometimes...and what he always told me was to keep quiet, because, according to him (and to many others), one of the conditions that a person needs to recover is having quietness. And I think he was right.
In my opinion they'd help more the wounded if they protested somewhere else.

Don't find it wrong that they protest, but it should not be outside the hospital.

As with so many things these days.. yeah have the right to protest but should also have the resposibility to do so in a more appropriate place...

This just furthers my theory that protestors are idiots.

Backfire beat me to a great statement by about 8 hours.

I think the protest is ridiculous.

However I'm wondering if the same people who are so vehemently against an anti-war protest at an army hospital would also oppose an anti-gay protest at a funeral or an anti-abortion protest at a clinic.

There are fatally ill and wounded people at the hospital. Protesting outside the grounds is disrespectfull and badly played. It is a stupid move too, you can only protest so long before you get taken away for loitering. The thing about protests are, that they draw people, and people like to join stuff and complain too. Then you have a bunch people protesting about stuff they dont really know about.

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
anti-gay protest at a funeral

It's their right to protest, but the chosen location is a bit disrespectful I think in front of a recruitment center would have a been a better choice.

Originally posted by botankus
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Even as he lay dying in a Colorado hospital, college students there mocked him with a scarecrow atop a float in a parade. Homophobic and bigoted Christians came to Caspar, Wyoming to picket his funeral and dance on his grave, holding signs stating that "AIDS cures Fags."

Originally posted by xmarksthespot
I remember a while back when that guy Matthew Shepard was killed. Anti-gay protesters picketed his funeral - and I'm sure his funeral isn't the only one.

That's strange to protest the fact that he was gay at a gay man's funeral. I mean, the dude's already dead, right?

To tell you the truth, I don't understand people protesting anything.

Originally posted by Storm
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Even as he lay dying in a Colorado hospital, college students there mocked him with a scarecrow atop a float in a parade. Homophobic and bigoted Christians came to Caspar, Wyoming to picket his funeral and dance on his grave, holding signs stating that "AIDS cures Fags."