Free Speech By Hank Silverberg #282 "The right to extend your fist ends just before my nose." -- attributed to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes I have watched the anti-Israel protests that have been going on across this country with very mixed emotions. As a Jew, I fully support Israel as a Jewish state, and the need for Israel to continue to defend itself against Hamas, Iran or anyone else who threatens its existence. But as an America I also understand the right of anyone in this country to protest what has become a brutal war. Protest is an American way of life. As a form of free speech, it is AS important as the right to vote, the right to trial by jury, the right to own property or the right to be free from government intrusion into our private lives. ...