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Once upon a Thu, 22 Dec 2005 01:23:27 -0800 dreary, as I laboured tired & weary, came a tapping at my door when Jim Richardson posted this, & nothing...
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:19:24 +0000, *how* would you do...
In other words, you are all for it that everyone has the "freedom of speech" to cry "fire" in a theater: After all, you don't want to discrimate between "scum" and "upstanding citizens", and that it is in a theater has no meaning. Only thing worthy is the "freedom" to say whatever whoever whereever wants to say
You got it totally wrong, naturally. Nobody asks for discrimination based on forum or individual. What is asked for is "content". If you allow "impersonating of other posters" (for example) in the name of "freedom of speech", you are in effect killing the medium if you don't allow this scum to be prosecuted (by letting them hide after anonymizers) Likewise, if you allow to cry "fire" in a theater, you can close all theaters immedeately. I am sure that result is what everyone is wishing when lamenting about "freedom of speech" at all cost
The "slippery slope" is actually to hold "freedom of speech" at higher value than "rights of others". -- Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they peeed me off.
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