"KØHB" wrote in message
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"Bill Sohl" wrote


Just some additional things to consider...it isn't just a black and
white issue. There's all sorts of grey areas in the realm of free
speech limits.


Hi Bill,

Long time, no see! Hope you're well.

Everything you've described is a PRICE, not a limit.


In any practical sense a PRICE is a limit.

In accordance with the US Constitution I can say anything I want to say.
The price I pay may be that I lose acess to a particular channel
communications channel, but I am in no way limited in what I may say. The
control freaks may persuade the likes of "Consolidated" to decline to
carry Todd's words to us, but in no way can they prevent him from saying
them. Unfortunately, rather than engage in an honest two-way dialog with
someone with the grapes to identify himself, it is likely that Todd will
become another of the many "Lloyd's" who infest rrap.


Actually not only can anyone say anything anywhere anyway they want to if
they are willing to pay the price but they can also DO anything they want to
anywhere anytime if they are willing to pay the PRICE. In some cases that
is codified into law and in others it is not.

Todd has demonstrated that he is not capable of maintaining an honest
two-way dialog. At some point, especially when he is proven wrong, he goes
ballistic, stooping to behavior that is unbelievable in anyone.

"Congress shall make no law.... abridging the freedom of speech...."
--Amendment I, US Constitution


Do you really think the framers of the Constitution meant anyone could say
anything at anytime? They wished to protect the publication and
dissemination of truth so that the citizenry could make informed decisions.
It's doubtful that they would have crafted this amendment for any other
reasons.

You have split hairs in another post about falsely yelling fire in a crowded
theater. That it is prosecuted under laws about public endangerment. But
that IS a limit on what a person can say or do. False distress signals are
also illegal. That too is a limit on when we can say what.

I know that by pointing this out I stand in danger of the same treatment
as accorded to Todd, but let Steve do "his best" as he earlier alluded in
relation to a member of my family.

73, de Hans, K0HB

Unless you stoop to making insulting comments about people's deceased
children, extreme use of foul language, and the other antics that Todd has
demonstrated, it is unlikely that you would be treated the same as he is.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE