For those who share these priorities, the question that logically
follows is whether we ought to consider relocating the servers
elsewhere.
Then suppression would at least affect only one country. I wonder how
other language WPs are dealing with this.
On 5/7/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
John Lee wrote:
On 5/7/07, Ray Saintonge
<saintonge(a)telus.net> wrote:
daniwo59(a)aol.com wrote:
I realize that it cannot be taken out of mailboxes
once it was delivered. I
wonder whether it cannot be removed from our own records, such as the May 2007
archive.
Certain governments have been known to re-write history to ensure
political correctness in the public. I shudder at the thought of where
such a slippery slope would lead us.
Er...there is a difference between what is politically correct and what is
legally permissible.
The point is that the mail archives are a rcord of what was actually
said, and that is a fact in its own right. Even accepting the
allegation that posting the key was in someway illegal, doesn't change
the fact that it was posted. If it is illegal the responsibility for
posting it remains with the person who posted it. When we allow those
in power get to decide what is or is not legal we abdicate our right to
be responsible for our own actions. This is not far removed from being
able to remove libellous comments by those in power from the historical
record - cleaning up the record, as it were.
I have not knowingly transmitted the key in question, but it would not
be illegal for me to do so.in an e-mail. (I am in Canada where similar
provisions have been proposed in Parliament, but have not yet been
passed.)
It is implicit to going on line that we accept responsibility6 for what
we say in accordance with the laws where we live. If what I say is
somehow legally impermissible, then fine, take whatever legal steps you
want. It's not up to ISPs to babysit my activities; that would be
imposing political correctness.
Ec
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