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Originally Posted by Bottaboom
Sounds like censorship to me. What happened to freedom of speech?
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The first amendment guarantees you the right to stand on the street corner and speak your piece. It also allows you to start your own newspaper or internet forum to speak your piece without government interference.
The first amendment does not guarantee you the unfettered right to speak your piece on a privately owned newspaper, radio station, tv station, magazine or internet forum. Once you own your own newspaper or forum, you may say what you wish and you will personally be held responsible for everything that everybody says on it. You will guard your investment carefully so that you aren't arrested or sued for what somebody else said on your privately owned medium.
Violations of freedom of speech apply only to government intervention in your right to speak. The constitution reads: ""Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech."
Censorship, on the other hand, is perfectly legal. Encarta Encyclopedia says, "In modern times, censorship refers to the examination of media including books, periodicals, plays, motion pictures, and television and radio programs for the purpose of altering or suppressing parts thought to be harmful, illegal, or offensive.
JLK