Apparently its illegal to talk to strangers in a CA mall

Sansha

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The reason for this is simple - if you're talking, you're not spending money.
 
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fletch_talon

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Looks sensible enough to me. Its pretty clear that its intended to stop people from coming in and harassing customers. Prime example, dickheads who think they have a (literally) God given right to try and "save" people through the word of the lord.

Whilst it seems stupid on the surface, I think you'll find its just a rule to allow them to kick out people trying to get some advertising out on the cheap and scaring away customers at the same time.
 
Altorin

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a law

in the United States of America

against speaking in a public place?

an actual law that forbids speaking?

that's... amazingly retarded...

and it was instituted, and I quote "when security staff felt the collar of Matthew Snatchko, a youth pastor who had gone there to spread the good news to strangers"

So, they managed to take a huge steaming pile of shit on not one, but two fundamental rights given to all american citizens

Mall has a policy against strangers talking to eachother? Fine, it's their mall. California itself has a LAW? fuck that noise.

fletch_talon said:
Looks sensible enough to me. Its pretty clear that its intended to stop people from coming in and harassing customers. Prime example, dickheads who think they have a (literally) God given right to try and "save" people through the word of the lord.

Whilst it seems stupid on the surface, I think you'll find its just a rule to allow them to kick out people trying to get some advertising out on the cheap and scaring away customers at the same time.
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you're wrong, the law and police should not be involved at all in this case. Mall security perhaps, but not the police. It sets a ridiculous precedent.
 
joshthor

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well.... maybe it will get the stupid zumiez employees to stop acting like my best friend when i enter their store to get a new pair of shoes.
 
ultrachicken

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Necator15 said:
It's not illegal. It's a privately owned mall, they have a rule saying not talking, basically. If you talk to someone you don't know, they can ask you to leave. If you don't you're trespassing. I'm not seeing the problem yet. Sure it's stupid, but I think it's being a bit blown out of proportion.
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The problem is that they are trying to arrest people for it, not simply throw them out.
 
llafnwod

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The title of the thread implies that it's state law in California that no one may speak to anyone else in a mall, and several people appear to be running with this idea. This is not a law. This is the policy of a single PRIVATELY-OWNED mall.
 
Eggsnham

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Yep; I didn't think it was possible, but I hate organized government even more now.
 
Mr. Gency

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Look on the bright side. Some is finally suing a business for a reason that isn't retarded.
 
SimuLord

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Human social interaction is dead. Not that I personally mind.

As for priests "witnessing", they ought to cover that under the Fighting Words doctrine of the First Amendment. Constitutional and cuts down on religious assholishness.
 
Weaver

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I think you guys are taking the "it's private property" thing too far.
Yes it's privately owned property which is open to the public. You can't just make up rules which violate pre-existing laws and free speech rights because you're on private property.

It's like me saying "Nah it's cool, I have a rule that meth is legal to cook in my house." because it's private property.
 
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