Re: Musk urged to get a grip on X

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 10:46:19 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:

The "crying 'FIRE' in a crowded theater" concept desperately needs to
be updated.

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That's nonsense. Theaters are private, which means the owner sets the
rules, just like the owner of Twitter sets the rules.

I believe your comment is not in sync with Mike's.

The history behind 'shouting fire in a crowded theater' and other free
speech phrases
...
...
This is where the "theater" phrase comes in. Holmes used the analogy
to introduce a truism: "The most stringent protection of free speech
would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and
causing a panic." This prosecution, he argued, was like that scenario.
The fact that the nation was involved in a war meant that "many things
that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort
that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and
that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional
right."
https://sutherlandinstitute.org/the-history-behind-shouting-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-and-other-free-speech-phrases/

On a different note related to

Theaters are private, which means the owner sets the rules

Iroquois Theatre fire - Despite attempts by Foy to calm the crowd,
audience members frantically rushed for the exits, only to find that
fire exits were locked or hidden.

Despite being billed as "absolutely fireproof",....The Iroquois
Theatre fire was a catastrophic building fire in Chicago, Illinois,
that broke out on December 30, 1903 during a performance attended by
1,700 people. The fire caused 602 deaths and 250 non-fatal
injuries.[1] It ranks as the worst theater fire in the United States,
surpassing the carnage of the Brooklyn Theatre fire of 1876, which
claimed at least 278 lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_Theatre_fire