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Larry Phillips <larryp@bc.rogers.wave.ca> wrote:

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>>>Sheila Paterson wrote:

>>>> Ms. Amaro has the right to free speech.  This includes the right to
>>>> be obnoxious and offensive.
>
>Yes, but she does not have the right to do it using whatever service
>she wants to. An ISP is under no obligation to provide a platform for
>that speech.

You're right.  Chebucto terminated her account because the complaints
she generated were disrupting normal service.

>> Yes.  The groups aren't moderated.  No one said free speech had to be
>> nice.  Speech that isn't nice needs protection.
>
>However, we do not have free speech in Canada. Some speech that isn't
>nice, falls under a variety of laws (see the statutes of 'hate
>literature' for an example.

Right again.  I am used to talking in terms of the way things should
be, not the way they actually are.  The little optimist inside me took
over.  ;-) 

 Morally, we have the right to free speech.  The government doesn't
agree with me.

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Sheila Paterson