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Gordon McKenzie <me@nowhere.com> wrote:

>(soc.men dropped as it doesn't apply to my point)
>
>Sheila Paterson wrote:
>> 
>> Ms. Amaro has the right to free speech.  This includes the right to be
>> obnoxious and offensive.

>Does it? Does her rights (or Jason Blacks or many others who post here)
>give them the right to post anything they want regardless of who the
>audience might be?  

Yes.  The groups aren't moderated.  No one said free speech had to be
nice.  Speech that isn't nice needs protection.

>These are general newsgroups frequented by quite a
>range of people of all ages and I do worry about who might be reading
>some of the posts in here and I keep wondering if there shouldn't be a
>charter for these groups (the Canadian *.general groups) to keep them
>mostly clean.

It's good of you to worry about these things, but everyone is
responsible for him/herself and parents are responsible for their
children.  If you find yourself reading something offensive, ignore
it.  If your child is old enough to read, it's up to you to monitor
her activities.

Sheila Paterson