Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!purdue!haven!ames!killer!rpp386!jfh From: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Freedom of hate Summary: Freedom of speech stops at my wallet. Message-ID: <14811@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> Date: 5 Apr 89 16:49:56 GMT References: <14130@gryphon.COM> <8132@chinet.chi.il.us> Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) Organization: River Parishes Programming, Dallas TX Lines: 30 In article <8132@chinet.chi.il.us> patrick@chinet.chi.il.us (Patrick A. Townson) writes: >>Two things are guarenteed to get your net.access pulled. 1) doing >>something illegal and getting caught and..... > >Speech is never illegal in this country, according to the ACLU. If all >that distinquishes Whitehead from others similarly situated at PSU is >his speech, then no crime has been committed. PSU is NOT the government. There is no constitutionally protected right to USENET. Even if such a right did exist, the constitution would only prevent the government from restricting your access to USENET. Portal and Chinet would still be permitted to deny access to anyone they saw fit to. At this very moment Portal is denying MY god-given right to free speech by denying me access to their system. That I have never paid them a cent shouldn't matter ... Mr. Whitehead is free to roam the streets of Amerika spouting whatever nonsense he so desires. He may do this all day long for the remainder of his life, which won't be too long if he enters the wrong parts of some towns ... Mr. Whitehead does not have the right to obligate myself or PSU to provide a forum for his stupidity. This is NOT an ACLU issue. No constitutional right has been infringed. No constitutional right is even involved here. -- John F. Haugh II +-Quote of the Week:------------------- VoiceNet: (214) 250-3311 Data: -6272 | "Porsche does not recommend InterNet: jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US | exceeding any speed limits" UucpNet : !killer!rpp386!jfh +-- -- Porsche Ad ------------