But the New York City Transit Authority has banned begging on the subway, and the Supreme Court last week let stand that ban. The legal pavane included pages of discussion of whether begging is speech, or begging is behavior.

• 可是纽约市交通局已经禁止在地铁车里乞讨，最高法院上周准许该禁令成立。判令里连篇累牍咬文嚼字地讨论乞讨是言论还是行为。