Response to Censorship on this news group

One very final last word to David Parmet. I simply have to, I guess the group will not mind: Ed, if I were to say in your house – this is privates pace – that Ford, GM and Chrysler are bad cars (which they are off course not, but only as an example) you would be obliged to throw me out because this statement is unfounded? This is basically what you say in your email if I transfer your view to verbal communication. Maybe you should think about this a little. I feel that your views about free speech are dangerous. This newsgroup is on the internet and invites discussion. Even if someone has to put it on the net and the server (in a strict sense only the computer that holds the data, not the net, which is public domain) may be privately owned, all the information contained is not his private property, but as expression of private thoughts are subject to the copyright (look it up if you do not believe this). It is a different issue if Ed Buffaloe has to publish information, but again the internet is the publicly spoken word. I think Ed Buffaloe will agree. You see, it is getting rather complex, but I have to do with these issues and maybe due to this am rather sensitive about it, but I feel everyone should be. I think democracy has nothing do to with founded or unfounded arguments – at least up to know this is what the majority still seems to thin – , but with the right to say what one wants, otherwise it would hardly work (or many jokes about George Bush would have to be taken of the net, since many of their basic statements are clearly "unfounded"....... or are they? - who decides OR who has the right to decide). Since I write about issues of mystification - demistification, cult etc. this discussion was highly interesting for me, not because of founded or unfounded arguments, but because of the overall views. I will surely use some of this material in the future. Thank you for everyone contributing!

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