Reply #49: I agree that many clinic protesters commit assault by

[Flatulo]

getting into people's faces and impeding their progress.

Many others simply kneel and pray. There's a difference there. I think the 'in-yer-face' people should be forced to cease and desist the impeding of lawful foot traffic. The prayers seem to be pretty harmless.

Many many years ago, my wife was getting regularly harassed by some guy who kept shoving a picture of a fetus into her face. She had the poor fortune of working in a builing in which Planned Parenthood was a tenant. She worked for a law firm.

I go so pissed I walked her to work one day and when this dude accosted her I slipped around behind him and got him in choke hold - the kind you absolutely can't get out of. I completely immobilized him until he promised to leave people alone.

There was a cop there - he just watched. This was before the 60 foot restrictions took effect.