| From: | Rune Fostervoll <runefo@***.UIO.NO> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: PLEASE STOP [OT] |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Jun 1997 12:39:32 +0000 |
> >
> >I've asked politely that these negative flame type threads be taken to
> >private e-mail. Fro has also said this. PLEASE show some courtesey to the
> >rest of us on the list by stopping these damn negative threads. NOW!
> >Please?
> >
> Thought there was freedom og speech, that doesnt include written stuff?
*jumps onto the soapbox*
I apologize for continuing this thread, but I think I'd like to add a
little bit on the subject of 'freedom of speech'. Freedom of speech
is the right to publicly say anything. There is a limitation - if
these speeches solicit/suggest/inflame criminal activity, then they
are illegal. (Someone has said, your freedom to do anything you wish
stops at my nose - same thing.).
Now then, this list can safely be said to be PRIVATE. It is
administered by our admins, on their machines. What they distribute
is their responsibility, because of which they have reserved the
right to kick anyone off. If they say "don't do this" and you do, and
get kicked off, you can write it to a newspaper instead. They, too,
has reserved the right to reject any letter, but perhaps they will
include it. But in no way can you claim violation of your freedom of
speech. Freedom of speech means nothing here; it's not a forum for
which the law is intended. It's intended to make sure political views
can be heard, no matter what the present government thinks or means.
That is a requirement for democracy.
*jumps off the soapbox*
--
Rune Fostervoll
"But the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we no not of."
