----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 12:59 PM Subject: Re: Free speech.
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:14 AM > Subject: Re: Free speech. > > > > >From: "Michael Harney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Free speech. > > >Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 10:05:32 -0600 > > > > > >I think this is both interesting and relivant. These are the rules for > the > > >discussion boards at http://www.freespeech.org : > > > > I'm going to break this down: > > > > >You agree, through your use of this service, that you will not use this > BB > > >to post any material which is > > knowingly false and/or defamatory, inaccurate, > > >abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, threatening, invasive of a > > >person's privacy, > > > > I see serious possible problems with defined values of "Vulgar" and > > "Obscene" although I personally don't have a problem with the others. > > > > >OFF TOPIC, > > > > This one wouldn't last 10 seconds.... how many on-topic conversations do > we > > ever really have here? :-) > > > > >dumb, > > > > I suppose I would never be able to post then ;-) > > > > >or otherwise violative of any > > >US(COLORADO) law. > > > > This one's a minefield. I would eliminate any such obligations for an > > international list unless absolutely necessary. > > > > >You agree not to post any copyrighted material unless the > > >copyright is owned by you or by this BB. > > > > Again, this one's a problem as well. No one could cut and paste excerpted > > or whole online newspaper articles, just links. > > I copied those rules verbatim. I suggested we adopt *similar* guidelines, > not those guidelines exactly. Things about posts being Off-topic, well, I > think it was declared long ago that nothing is off topic on this list. As > for dumb, that term is too subjective, so it can be discarded as well. If > you want to expand definitions of subjective words like obscene and vulgar, > and establish guidelines for those, we can do that as well. As for posting > of Copyrighted material... Copyrighted material should not be posted to the > list unless you have permission of the Copyright holder. properly cited, > small excerpts of copyrighted material being posted is usually fine, but > copyright laws are serious business. > We already had this argument a couple of months ago Michael. And unless everyone changes their minds about the lists guidelines, you are likely to be outvoted by quite a margin. xponent Feeling Talky Today Maru rob
