>>> Oh, I meant a ban on FR — not in general. I’m not saying they don’t have 1st Amendment rights.
When you ask for a ban on FR, you are asking that other freepers and I be denied freedom to post certain things.
If the reason for that denial is protection of someone else’s rights, or to maintain decency standards, it is understandable and appropriate.
Granted, JR has the right to ban anything he wants because it’s his website... but the service he provides is an avenue for us to exercise OUR rights.
I was just not sure if you understood what you were asking for.
“When you ask for a ban on FR, you are asking that other freepers and I be denied freedom to post certain things.”
Ah, I see your point. I didn’t think of it like that.
Well, I withdrew my request many posts ago and wish I hadn’t said anything.
I was surprised when I saw the link in the sidebar — frightened for a moment, I have to admit. Then I saw it was a WND post and I felt like my emotions were being played. Shouldn’t have posted in passion. My fault.
I do think that it would be good — a compromise? — if WND posts could be marked WND at the outset. Maybe something like:
“WND: U.S. on alert for nuclear blast overhead”
That would be ok, and wouldn’t stop anyone from posting. But it would warn that the source was WND from the title.
Acceptable?