Hello PC:) First part of your response regarding"fire" is correct. If you yell "Fire" you can be charged.. In a public gathering , we have established or reconciled the bill of rights with the Rights of society (for the most part). On the internet and in these type of forums that hasn't been settled. The 2nd is not. There has not been a single case brought to court in the U.S. regarding limits on freedom of speech on the internet or what is the responsibility of owners of forums in putting in place a TOS and then enforcing it. and there needs to be one.

If a site has a TOS and does not enforce it even-handedly or not at all they can be subject to a lawsuit which will happen at some point, maybe not involving BN but some forum and it will be interesting to see how the courts settles and sort this question out.

I happen to think that the courts will side on the side of the individual and not the owners or operators of these sites on this issue.

On other non-tech sites, there is a growing clamor about this very issue that BM ignores as well as other sites because they think that just because they put a notice up that it absolves them. What they don't seem to get is that there is a 2nd part to having a TOS and that's enforcement.

If they were to do their job and enforce then that brings in the issue of being fair and even-handed just like enforcing laws in society. Fine if they want to delete my SN as long as they treat others the same. If they don't or any other forum doesn't then the lawsuits will fly and the owners will ultimately lose even with the strict constructionist sitting on the Supreme court.

Talk to any well-established lawyer and you will hear that I am right. Even take in a copy. Or go to the Law school where you live and ask a prof. this question.

I think, at the end of the day, you don't want enforcement because you do enjoy bickering with people.

But in any article and set aside my over the top which clearly demonstrates the owners don't know much, and you will see countless violations of their TOS. Freedom of speech on the internet is like that in our society- there must be limits placed and if the owners of these sites want to make money then they need to develope a concrete TOS and enforce it. Even if TSCAR13 and PC_Tool cease to exist.

I'll make this deal with you. You find the best-rated civil attorney in your area and take in a copy of what I have said and if he/she disagrees, I will pay for their time. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how to make this deal work without compromising your true identity or mine and I will then communicate with him/her to verify. That's fair and then we will jointly post his/her opinion on here.

If you truly believe what you wrote then this should be no problem for you.

I respect you PC even though we sometimes disagree. I recognize your tech knowledge so, despite my over the top rantings, take me up on the offer and there is no limit on cost per hour.

Have a great Weekend:) and try not to slam me down too hard cause I have a bad back:)

Of course, if you don't want to take me up on my offer, then I will take in all the postings all articles going back sometime to my attorneys (ice Miller) and get their opinion and see what they have to say.

Oh and if they say, in legal terms, I'm full of Sh** I will post whatever they say:) I wonder if that is a violation of BM TOS?

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