"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.

Doing fine...thanks.

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

I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on that. In order
to even determine if a "price" can be extracted from someone, the limit
must be there in law of some form. Slander and liabel are both
clearly defined in the law and that defines the limit. If I use
your logic, then muder, theft, etc are merely things that if done
have a price (jail, etc) yet they are clearly prohibited by law...as
is slander, liable, certain pornography, etc.... IMHO

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.

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

Yet there are many laws that do exactly that. Laws against disclosure
of secret information, slander, liabel, etc

Cheers,
Bill K2UNK