On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 04:19:15PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote:
There is a fine line between "freedom of speech" and "violating the freedom of others".
An argument used exclusively by wannabe censors over the centuries. I consider it discredited.
Anyone should be free to state their opinions.
Correct
As should anyone be free to *not listen*.
Correct But, and therein lies your fallacy: Nobody has the right to force others not to listen.
Nobody has the right to personally attack others - or force others to listen to his droning on, by filling their listening channels.
This is not comparable. You cannot always avoid listening to "noise", but anyone is capable of *not* reading those posts, as I have not done until "forced" to by having to look for non-existant evidence of some accusations made. In fact I don't read the great majority of posts on the list. As I am free to do.
This list is like a private club. Yes, anyone can state their opinion, but if they start to annoy the other patrons, the landlord is free to ask them to state their opinion elsewhere.
Since I own part of this club, I *am* one of the landlords and my opinion, let alone permission, was not asked. Maybe it's time to fire the bouncer. rgds, Sascha Luck