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1 limited degree of movement that it creates a place where people <br />2 can determine and people can see •a message that is broadcast by <br />3 way of signs. <br />4 And there is a question that perhaps could be turned <br />5 the other way with respect to that, what is the significant <br />6 difference between picketing and marching. If marching is to <br />7 be prohibited, what is there about picketing that makes it so <br />substantially different that there is a more extensive need to <br />9 regulate such activity. <br />10 QUESTION: I suggest that if you have a parade in <br />11 your neighborhood and then have a picket at your house, that <br />12 you will see the difference. <br />13 MR. MCDOWELL: Perhaps so, perhaps so. But the <br />14 essential question though that has to be determined when one <br />15 deals with the interest in residential privacy is that this <br />16 interest is not an interest in restricting content. There mere <br />17 emotional impact that one may receive from the content of <br />18 speech is not relevant. That I believe is the message of the <br />19 Boose case. <br />20 What is involved here and what is critical to <br />21 remember is that this ordinance would prohibit picketing <br />22 activity where it were friendly or unfriendly. For example, <br />23 one under this ordinance could go back and forth in front of <br />24 Dr. Victoria's house indicating that Dr. Victoria adhered to <br />25 the finest standards of the medical profession. If one were to <br />45 <br />Heritage Reporting Corporation <br />(202) 6213-4888 <br />