Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen. It does, however, seem reasonable to tell the poster that another post of this nature would suggest that he's subscribing to the wrong list. At 05:58 PM 3/26/98 -0500, you wrote: >This has turned into a Free Speech discussion. I am totally, utterly, >thoroughly, absolutely committed to unbridled Free Speech, and am appalled >that the United States Supreme Court believes it can be made a crime to >shout "FIRE!" in a crowded theatre. That is not the issue here. > >The issue here is the appropriateness of the posting of the crude picture. >It was inappropriate because: > > a) It was grotesquely off-topic, even further than I generally dare to tread > b) Many folks here have "family values" and do not wish such stuff on >their computers > c) We do not know that some of the LUG'ers aren't of juvenile years, with >all that this entails. (That is, I have a non-censorship arrangement with >my own 16-year-old son, precisely as my parents had with me -- but others >feel differently, and I will NOT substitute my judgement for that of other >parents. Each parent should be the judge of his or her own family situation). > >Hence, I do not believe that this posting should have been "illegal" or >"subject to censorship", on the very grounds which led Voltaire to posit >that 'I may not agree with what you say, but I shall defend to the death >your right to say it'. But I feel this poster should have used more >judgement in posting. > >Marc > > >msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 >Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir! > > > <bold><italic><bigger>B. D.</bigger></italic></bold>