I know that to carry a gun, you have to have a license. I know that it's not necessary for pepper spray. For tasers, I'm not sure what the legality is there, whether you have to have a license or not.
We had these ads everywhere some time ago: http://hyperchondria.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/frenchad.jpg I believe this is a british ad against cellphones in cars or something: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iIS7-geVVAk/TZnOhSd4JPI/AAAAAAAAIc4/1CyEPmpdSb4/s1600/drivesafe_ad5.jpg http://www.yeeeeee.com/wp-content/2010/04/3189_1272312367.jpg Yo Americans would think that's pretty offensive/disturbing. Children will go blind, etc...
This. Mostly because the sick fuck in me loves the idea of Picard implicitly defending this guy's car So yeah, this guy's obviously a dick but who cares? Free speech, blah blah blah. Everyone above has already said it and said it well. Talk to me when this guy's parading around with actual baby heads.
Just imagine he'd have stickers of Mohammad and the Pope molesting children while saying "Queen is gay". Folks couldn't even decide what to hate him for.
Wrong. The fact that a line is difficult to define doesn't mean it's not there. Pictures of flowers are fine. Pictures of full frontal nudity are not. Somewhere in between is "the line." The really interesting part (and the dilemna for lawmakers) is that almost everyone disagrees where "the line" is.
Which is just as good a reason as any to say "screw the line" and just declare that anything goes. But yeah, it is extremely problematic and it's not exactly news that this whole "free speech" thing is a lot of work and not for those who can't stomach vigilance.