Patriots in control?
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I get your sentiment. The reasoning being that inciting panic with a statement implying immediate danger in a crowd causes a stampede with causes death and injury. The person shouting it is responsible for those deaths. Inciting hurt feelings however, is not the same thing. The recipient in that case is responsible for reacting responsibly since there is no IMMEDIATE danger implied.
Exactly, it's not the words that are illegal, in that sense it's the 'call to action' that makes the difference, in that context the call to escape, which creates a hazard for the people trying to leave.
It wouldn't be a problem if there was a fire, in which case the call to action is justified.
At the end of the day its not the person who shouted fire that trampled the children and women on the way to the exit.
EXAXTLY. you are responsible- and so am I- for our actions, or reactions, to someone yelling "fire."