Xref: utzoo soc.motss:19640 talk.rumors:3096 news.admin:6714 news.misc:3535
Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!usc!rutgers!bpa!temvax!stephen
From: stephen@temvax.UUCP (Stephen C. Arnold)
Newsgroups: soc.motss,talk.rumors,news.admin,news.misc
Subject: Re: USENET site admin responsibilities (was: Re: Censorship is for Wusses)
Message-ID: <188@temvax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Sep 89 21:12:25 GMT
References: <3659@uwovax.uwo.ca> <13316@nsc.nsc.com> <3988@buengc.BU.EDU> <1989Sep3.043558.9447@xenitec.uucp> <4030@buengc.BU.EDU>
Reply-To: stephen@temvax.UUCP (Stephen C. Arnold)
Organization: Temple University, Institute for Survey Research
Lines: 21


I have some problems with Blair's concept of freedom of speech.  I believe
Pruss was acting outside that freedom.  Here is how I see him acting outside
that freedom.

The first is anonymity.  Pruss posted without saying who he was.  Freedom of
speech does not protect a person from having their identity associated with
their writing.

Second is harrassment.  Pruss harrassed all of us by saying all of us are
going to get AIDS, die and go to hell.  Freedom of speech was never intended
to protect the ability to harrass.

A person should not be resticted about what he or she says when he or she
addresses their listeners with the respect do a peer.  Pruss was not acting in
this way.

Stephen C. Arnold
UUCP!temvax!stephen

I write for myself and not any organizations I am associated with.