This Couldn't Wait

I just finished pre-rounding on my patients, so I sat down at the computer to check my email, and I saw this news story on the homepage:

Fan Ejected from Yankee Stadium

I'm sorry, but I couldn't wait until I got home to record a video on this one. Apparently the fan was "forcibly escorted" out of the stadium after he got up to use the bathroom during God Bless America. A police officer told him to return to his seat, the man said "I don't care about this song," and the police officer immediately twisted his arm around his back and threw him out of the stadium. After tossing him through the turnstills, the police officer said "'get the hell out of my country if you don't like it." The police claim the man was beligerent and drunk, but all the witnesses have said this isn't true.

This is how it's going to happen. This is how our country will become a theocracy. When the police become autonomous, enforcing their own rules. This is sickening. This story sounds like something out of a futuristic utopia, something like V for Vendetta or 1984. This is too far. Right now, atheists need to stand up for themselves. Being an atheist is not a crime. This country was founded on the fucking right to get up and leave whenever the fuck you want. If this fan wanted to stand up, give the middle finger, and yell "There is no God," HE HAS THAT FUCKING RIGHT. Freedom of speech. But freedom isn't what it used to be. I hope these police officers get taken down. Tell me where to write a letter. I'm pissed.

Edit: George Carlin says it best.