The Microsoft company pays for their server and no doubt has
confidential in-house services and they are nice enough to
also have a "public" newsgroup.
If MS was as "evil" as you haters think, they would not pull
an occasional post, but would block you entirely, which is
their right.
The First Amendment only restricts government from
preventing speech. It does not require that anybody listen
or that you will be heard. It also does not require that
someone else pay for your rants.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or
| prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech,does not mention what MS can do.
| "Not confidential" isn't listed anywhere.
| pub·lic
| adj.
| 1.. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the
people: the public
| good.
| 2.. Maintained for or used by the people or community: a
public park.
| 3.. Capitalized in shares of stock that can be traded on
the open market:
| a public company.
| 4.. Participated in or attended by the people or
community: "Opinions are
| formed in a process of open discussion and public debate"
(Hannah Arendt).
| 5.. Connected with or acting on behalf of the people,
community, or
| government: public office.
| 6.. Enrolled in or attending a public school: transit
passes for public
| students.
| 7.. Open to the knowledge or judgment of all: a public
scandal.
|
| noun.
| 1.. The community or the people as a whole.
| 2.. A group of people sharing a common interest: the
reading public.
| 3.. Admirers or followers, especially of a famous
person.
|
| Ever hear of the 1st amendment:
| Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or
| prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech,
| or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to
| petition the government for a redress of grievances.
|
| Kurt, under law, is allowed to say whatever he wants. Yes
I know about the
| you can't yell fire in a crowded theater argument that
your going to try to
| say, but NO ONE is "yelling fire" here. Posting
information is not yelling
| fire and censoring such posts could violate our government
given rights. Yes
| ms has rules, but they are not above the 1st amendment.
Deleting posts that
| ms thinks are inappropriate can only cause problems with
the community,
| imho.
|
| Jim Macklin wrote:
| > Public means "not confidential" not "anything goes" so
some
| > things are not appropriate on a public forum. If you
want
| > to pay the cost of a web host, where you can post what
you
| > want then you can say whatever you want.
| >
| > Since you seem to be always accusing MS of some fraud,
using
| > MS's money, MS certainly has a right to exercise some
| > control over the content.
| >
| > Some of what you say could be legally slander.
| >
| >
| > "kurttrail" <
[email protected]>
| > wrote in message
| > | >> If you are just gonna censor the truth that members of
the public
| >> post here, then why not make these private
MicroSycophant groups?
| >> --
| >> Peace!
| >> Kurt
| >> Self-anointed Moderator
| >> microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
| >>
http://microscum.com
| >> "Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an
Oxymoron!
| >> "Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"
|
|
