Re: Finder f*ck-ups
Re: Finder f*ck-ups
- Subject: Re: Finder f*ck-ups
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:12:47 +0100
On 21 Aug 2005, at 23:00, Dave Balderstone wrote:
On 20-Aug-05, at 3:47 PM, Martin Orpen wrote:
I find it odd that most of the language censorship comes from US
businesses.
Isn't there some kind of constitutional thing about being free to
express
yourself?
You're confused. The US constitution says that government may not
interfere with free speech. US business is not government and may
restrict speech within its enterprise pretty much as it wishes.
Which was the bit you snipped - the point about *illegitimate
authority*. Apple can make up whatever rules they want about their
lists and we can either comply or go elsewhere.
Complying with the language requirements of unknown US corporations
that we (the posters) aren't contractually linked with is the bit
that seems odd to me. And what right do they have to send me UCE
complaining about my language?
Maybe I am confused - I just don't recognise corporations as being as
important as people or their democratically elected governments. It's
hardly a new idea. Thomas Jefferson complained about "an aristocracy
founded on banking institutions and moneyed incorporations” bringing
about “the end of democracy and freedom” in 1816.
Countries like yours and mine have no constitutional limits on
government, so (for instance) the Canadian government can pass laws
subjecting its citizens to jail time for saying things that the
politically correct crowd find offensive.
That isn't true. Just because you have an uncodified constitution, it
doesn't mean that you don't have a constitution.
However, the UK certainly has nothing to offer by example when it
comes to freedom of speech. That's why it's the destination of choice
for those rich enough to take advantage of our High Court and our
libel laws.
Regards
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Martin Orpen _______________________________________________
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