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OK, civil liberties - a double edged sword?

Story here about some anti-abortion bigot who berated a clinic worker in crude abusive and intimidating manner. Initially convicted and fined he was eventually acquitted.
Not an entirely satisfactory result: but as Voltaire said:
 
I may disagree with everything you say but I shall defend to the death your right to say it.”
Mind you, he was a […]