Thread: Taking Liberties: Arrested for reading the Bible?

Originally Posted by Billy the Kid

Do you know the name Col. William Lee? Leatherneck mag had an article on him several years ago, his nickname was Iron Man Lee; given to him by Chesty Puller. He won the Wimbledon Cup for shooting. To keep to the thread, he was a Bible reading man and gave 30 years of his life to see that others could do the same.

Nah, never heard of him. I'm not a big fan of Leatherneck mag. It seeks to dumb down info to the enlisted man because its assumed that we are, in fact, dumb. Not to discount the Colonel. I'm sure he was a good man. Not a fan of Chesty either. I think he was a glory hound who sent his men to the slaughter for his own accolades. The only legit Navy Cross he has is his first one from the Banana Wars. Not to divert the thread title though. Just my two cents.

Originally Posted by MoSurveyor

Since you made the sweeping statement "the government" I wanted to remind everyone that not all government land, or what some might call "public property", is really "public". There are limitations to where you can go, when you can go, and what you can do when you get there. In the case of the Mayor's Office, yes, I'm pretty sure it would be trespassing.

You mean "reading his Bible aloud".

Your expert legal opinion?

Originally Posted by American

Your expert legal opinion?

Even if I were a lawyer I wouldn't render an expert opinion on a public forum. But you can look up the laws for yourself, they're everywhere. The signs that say "employees only" and "keep out" still mean the same thing inside City Hall and the County Courthouse. Not everyone can just barge into a judges chambers or the mayors office or certain areas of the Hall of Records for that matter. Just because it's public property, as in owned by the government in some manner or other, doesn't mean everybody has free and unlimited access to the property.



Ed:
If nothing else the 8' fence and warning signs around most military bases should be enough proof of that.

Originally Posted by MarineTpartier

Nah, never heard of him. I'm not a big fan of Leatherneck mag. It seeks to dumb down info to the enlisted man because its assumed that we are, in fact, dumb. Not to discount the Colonel. I'm sure he was a good man. Not a fan of Chesty either. I think he was a glory hound who sent his men to the slaughter for his own accolades. The only legit Navy Cross he has is his first one from the Banana Wars. Not to divert the thread title though. Just my two cents.

He won 3 Navy Crosses, was a Japanese prisoner of war for 44 months and fought in the Banana Wars. Grand old gentleman, I had the opportunity to speak with him before he passed on. Has a shooting range named after him at Quantico. But probably wouldn't have been reading his Bible, in a parking lot, to stay on topic.