> From: radiocomixcog [mailto:radiocomixcog_at_yahoo.com]
Sorry to hear you've had such a bad time of it lately. :( I'll buy some more 'comix at the next opportunity. ;)
> I think being able to read or look at
> whatever we want (as long as it's not illegal and we're adults) is
> part of our constitutional rights
Um, forgive a non-American for asking for a little clarification on this point but...
The term legal and illegal means things that the government does and does not want us to do, and in this context it means things the government thinks we should be able to look at and things we shouldn't be able to look at. Given that, does it really make sense to talk about a 'constitutional right' to look at anything you want, unless the government doesn't want you to? Yes I know the phrasing is something like 'make no law abridging the freedom of the press' but it's basically the same thing isn't it? What's the point of not restricting the press if you restrict people's eyes?
I know you're a business and therefore have to say certain things to prevent yourselves from being sued, but to anyone else, does that seem a little contradictory?
ANTIcarrot.
PS: With exceptions for copyright, privacy, and misrepresentation.
Received on Tue Jan 13 2004 - 03:50:45 CST