Re: Free Speech (was Re: BARBARA AMERO COMPLAINTS !!!!!!)

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From: Larry Phillips
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:00

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Sheila Paterson wrote:
> 
> Gordon McKenzie <me@nowhere.com> wrote:
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>>Sheila Paterson wrote:
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>>> 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.

> 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.

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From: Larry Phillips <larryp@bc.rogers.wave.ca>
Subject: Re: Free Speech (was Re: BARBARA AMERO COMPLAINTS  !!!!!!)
Date: 1998/01/16
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