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- From: rchilder@us.oracle.com (Richard Childers)
- Subject: Re: I Have Been Forbidden to Speak the Truth From THIS Account
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.031934.12297@oracle.us.oracle.com>
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:19:34 GMT
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- dave@frackit.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) writes:
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- >> >I certainly concede that AT&T is within its rights to restrict access to
- >> >its hardware. The Constitution does not guarantee you the right to use
- >> >other people's property to excersize your right to free speech.
-
- >> You are probably correct in that AT&T is within its legal rights,
- >> but I would argue that it is morally unjustifiable for AT&T to restrict
- >> electronic speech purely on the grounds of its political content.
-
- >When AT&T is looking at possible legal liabilities the moral argument
- >falls by the wayside. They are, essentially, covering their asses and I
- >can't blame them a bit in this case.
-
-
- Who is threatening AT&T with what kind of legal suite ?
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- If there is no threat to AT&T, there are no grounds to silence John DiNardo.
-
-
- >It's getting tiring to see instant decrees of "Censorship" whenever
- >something like this pops up. Very tiring.
-
- It's getting tiring to see halfwits chiming in when they don't know what the
- issue is. Very tiring indeed.
-
-
- >> Unless it is shown that John's postings have damaged AT&T financially,
- >> John should not be discriminated against based on his personal views.
-
- >He is NOT being discriminated against. See above statement. Protecting
- >legal liability is prudent. Remember, the sign on the building says
- >"AT&T" and NOT "DiNardo Communications Inc"
-
-
- Gee. Maybe if I read your pathetic misinterpretation enough times it will
- become true.
-
-
- -- richard
-
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