On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 11:44:20PM -0700, Ian Clarke wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:49:24AM -0400, Michael Carmack wrote:
> 
> If you think that Freedom of Speech is about forcing people to consume
> information which they do not want to consume, then you really do have
> the wrong idea.

I think part of the Freedom of Speech is about people having 
the right to make their own decisions about what content they 
deem appropriate for display. I would personally consider it 
unfortunate if the Freegle maintainer were to change the design
of his site based on someone else's complaint that his search
results were offensive.


> Freedom of Speech *is* about not preventing people from consuming
> information that they *do* want to consume.

Suppose I were to make a public request that any content that 
was critical of human rights violations in China be hidden away
in a similar fashion? It would be a suggestion made in the best 
interest of the people, of course.

m.



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