--- Delirium delirium@rufus.d2g.com wrote:
Christopher Mahan wrote:
By the way: It is completely acceptable for people to hold their
own
opinions and express them. It's called freedom of speech.
I don't think that has anything to do with the current situation. There is not unlimited free speech on Wikipedia, as we have some conventions. If I went around posting "fuck you nigger" on the user talk page of
every person I thought to be black, I would rightly be condemned and possibly even banned, free speech or not.
-Mark
True, because those are so-called: "Fighting words" ard are not protected speech. But when someone says: "I disagree with your point of view for the following reasons...", the recipient may /feel/ attacked, but the speaker is within his rights.
===== Christopher Mahan chris_mahan@yahoo.com 818.943.1850 cell http://www.christophermahan.com/
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