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Old Thu Jan 17, 2002, 12:25pm
Dakota Dakota is offline
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Angry Your "rights"? What "rights"?

I am a strong civil libertarian. I believe in the Bill of Rights.

Because of that, I get very annoyed when people appropriate the Bill of Rights to back up their whining.

Your right to free speech means that the government cannot restrict your right to speech.

The actual amendment says “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

It doesn’t say “George shall make no rule…” or “Jack shall delete no posts…”

Your right of free speech does not extend into my living room, into my place of business, or onto any part of my private property.

I don’t know what board offends you, but presumably it is the private property of the board owners. If you don’t like their rules, even if they are arbitrarily enforced or made up on the fly, don’t go there.

It is not infringing on your rights – you are perfectly free to start your own board.

[Edited by Dakota on Jan 17th, 2002 at 11:27 AM]
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