Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Newsgroup censorship Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 19:27:09 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: <7b40664d-02ab-417e-8016-c8bf51432315@googlegroups.com> Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="12301"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Fo3z6DV5a5+2rlRQfImGC" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:L48WthydL07tenqh3/Rs2vRkRTQ= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:544512 Peter Riedt wrote: > Newsgroup censorship > > All persons in the democracies of the West have the fundamental right to have access to all expressions of knowledge, creativity and intellectual activity, and to express their thoughts publicly. > No they don't; they have the fundamental right to be free of censorship by the GOVERNMENT. This means you can stand on a soap box in the public park and spew to you hearts content, but no non-governmental entity has to pay any attention to you at all. -- Jim Pennino