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From: foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: "Russia: Love It Or Leave It"
Message-ID: <287@aero.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 12:14:10 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 27 12:14:10 1986
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Reply-To: foy@aero.UUCP (Richard Foy)
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
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In article <528@mmm.UUCP> mrgofor@mmm.UUCP (MKR) writes:
>
>>>  [...] The only question, then, is whether a shopping mall is analogous
>>>  to a store, or to a public thoroughfare.  My personal opinion is that

>>You grant permission to the owner of the shopping mall to control the right
>>of free speech. The owner is not even forced to justify the dominion: "He
>>owns the building and wants to maximize profit" -- that simple fact is
>>enough for you to accept the domination.
>>
>>	Armin Roeseler		...ihnp4!ihlpa!doit
>
>mean. Well, I think I get the gist... You're saying that if I want to come 
>into your house uninvited during a party and hand out literature that you
>find offensive, I should be allowed to do so. Would you also extend this
>"free speech" concept to actual speech? If I wanted to enter your house and
>harangue at the top of my lungs, should I be allowed to do so? At any time
>of the day or night?
>
There is a very important distiction between a private citizen's house and
a corporate mall. A corporation is an artificial entity the owners of which
(shareholders) are protected from any legal action from private people.
The corporation is a creation of the state, it has a charter from the state,
therefore it should be subject to the same cival rights requirements that
apply to the state.

Richard Foy, Redondo Beach, CA
The opinions I have expressed are the result of many years in the school of
hard knocks. Thus they are my own.