Re: Free speech: Perpetually at risk
"Aaron J. Seigo" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 25 June 2003 07:58, Andreas Pour wrote: > While the interference with free speech in this case is certainly something > to be concerned about, comparing the actual case (link in the article for > the supreme court opinion is wrong, it should be > http://www.courts.state.nh.us/supreme/opinions/2003/frank081.htm; the link > for the commission opinion is correct) with the story shows the author to > be quite inaccurate in the portrayal of what happened. yay... i just love it when the "press" inspires confidence by being accurate. it really feels like we're getting back to the situation where there are no reliable information filters (or at least, no reliable way to tell the reliable from the unreliable), with the alternative being to keep up with everything from raw sources yourself. the implications of that are pretty staggering. thanks for doing some more digging on this one, Andreas.... > The critical questions in the case were (1) whether in fact the Elks are a > public accommodation; and (2) whether in fact there was gender-based > discrimination. One might disagree with the conclusion of the commission > and the court (and I find the dissenting opinion from the commission to be > quite strong), but they seem reasonable enough. interesting. i can see why there is such a high bar to clear to prove that you are not a public accommodation, to ensure that such laws aren't abused to create legally sanctioned discrimination. i also find it interesting that the Elks were considered to be a public accommodation. the world is so complex. - -- Aaron J. Seigo GPG Fingerprint: 8B8B 2209 0C6F 7C47 B1EA EE75 D6B7 2EB1 A7F1 DB43 KDE: The 'K' is for 'kick ass' http://www.kde.org http://promo.kde.org/3.1/feature_guide.php -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE++mhi1rcusafx20MRAlANAJsGeHv5AfS1TLAYFhG2PlfXQKSAwgCeJEcn 5RO0cKSneBWbaLVxveISGoY= =XBID -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.