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From: biagioni@unc.UUCP (Edoardo Biagioni)
Newsgroups: net.women,net.sci,net.politics
Subject: Re: Libertarianism, Objectivism and Shopping Malls
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Date: Thu, 24-Jul-86 13:32:12 EDT
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In article <5819@alice.uUCp> ark@alice.UucP (Andrew Koenig) writes:
>Jeff Winslow says: "It's not hard to see why the issue of free speech in
>an area that to all appearances is no different than a street or a park
>is such a thorny legal problem."
>
>My answer is simple: the shopping malls I've seen are very different
>in appearance from a street or a park.  For example, they tend to
>be locked up when their owners aren't around.

Actually parks often do get locked up at night. And malls are locked
up when customers are no longer there. The presence of the managers
and police is more significant than that of the owners, just as for
parks.