Winter-Time Bikini Contest

[eagl]

So basically anyone can write any rule they want and post it,but the 1st ammendment runs this Board, not an individuals opinion. It's like putting up "Enter at your own risk" signs. They mean nothing. The owner is still responsible under the law.

I'm sure someone is going to say "If you don't like it then leave" but like I said, this is a "public" forum and I don't have to. Can you spell A.C.L.U.?

 

Threatening an ACLU lawsuit against HTC for policing their own forum?  Priceless.

[Fugita]

Threatening an ACLU lawsuit against HTC for policing their own forum?  Priceless.

They may have created it but like I said it's a PUBLIC forum.


You thinking that you know what you're talking about...Even more priceless

[Tango]

Well your honor I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but this is a public forum without any membership fees or requirements thereby making it a "private" forum. So basically anyone can write any rule they want and post it,but the 1st ammendment runs this Board, not an individuals opinion. It's like putting up "Enter at your own risk" signs. They mean nothing. The owner is still responsible under the law.

I'm sure someone is going to say "If you don't like it then leave" but like I said, this is a "public" forum and I don't have to. Can you spell A.C.L.U.?

If that is so then why are there no political topics in OT anymore?

By the way, IN.

[WilldCrd]

damn i needed a good laugh this saterday morning. thnks guys 

[Wayout]

... I said, this is a "public" forum and I don't have to. Can you spell A.C.L.U.?

The laws governing the opperation and use of a public forum can be quite strict.  Google it and I think you'll be surprised.  Don't think for a second the people at AH don't know and fully understand the laws governing this BBS.


Expamle:
"In Kansas, a law specifically prohibits people from making "indecent comments" online.

In Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, North Dakota, and South Dakota, state laws covering phone calls have been expanded to include computer communications, so it is now a criminal act to send email that is obscene, vulgar, offensive, or causes annoyance (the exact wording varies from state to state).

Even if you don't live in one of the states listed above, you can still be prosecuted for sending such a message to someone who does. State decency laws have been used to harass owners of bulletin board systems and at least two Internet sites.

Many BBS owners, and some small Internet service providers, have started censoring their content in self-defense.

New state laws are still being passed, criminalizing the free speech of Net users all over the country.

If we go beyond harassment and look at state obscenity laws, the situation is even worse."


The article here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.04/es.states.html

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Well your honor I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but this is a public forum without any membership fees or requirements thereby making it a "private" forum. So basically anyone can write any rule they want and post it,but the 1st ammendment runs this Board, not an individuals opinion. It's like putting up "Enter at your own risk" signs. They mean nothing. The owner is still responsible under the law.

I'm sure someone is going to say "If you don't like it then leave" but like I said, this is a "public" forum and I don't have to. Can you spell A.C.L.U.?

 

[Saxman]

I guess what happened in the LAST babe thread wasn't clue enough.

Bye Fugita, been nice knowing you.

[WilldCrd]

Some folks just really don't "get it"
the A.C.L.U. thing was really priceless
Lets us know how that works out for ya 

[oakranger]

"In Kansas, a law specifically prohibits people from making "indecent comments" online.
The article here: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.04/es.states.html

Crap, i live in Kansas and didn't know that!?

[caldera]

Here is at least one more hot chick before they are forever banished from this forum. 



Not quite a bikini but I think we can live with that.

[Rich46yo]

Oh boy, here we come with the Lawyer talk.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Well your honor I hate to be the one to break the news to you, but this is a public forum without any membership fees or requirements thereby making it a "private" forum. So basically anyone can write any rule they want and post it,but the 1st ammendment runs this Board, not an individuals opinion. It's like putting up "Enter at your own risk" signs. They mean nothing. The owner is still responsible under the law.

I'm sure someone is going to say "If you don't like it then leave" but like I said, this is a "public" forum and I don't have to. Can you spell A.C.L.U.?

One final thought. This place (the O'Club) is owned, hosted, and provided by HTC. It's theirs. They have a right to set their own rules and enforce them in the manner they choose. They have twice nearly closed it, and been kind enough to re-open it. Go ahead, call the A.C.L.U. The past history is pretty good at predicting the future. So, when you call the A.C.L.U., by all means, please come here and tell us all how great you are for getting them to "protect" our rights, and what a big favor you did for us. I'm very sure we'll all be falling all over ourselves to express our gratitude when one of the HTC staff responds by pulling the plug on the O'Club permanently. Because closing it will be the most expedient manner to take care of the issue for them. And while the A.C.L.U. may find a judge (read: liberal fool, legislating from the bench) to force HTC to allow people to post here, they won't be able to force HTC to keep the place open, since being closed, it excludes everyone on an equal basis. Congratulations.

[442w30]

one of the weakest arguments people champion is "Freedom of speech"  Freedom of speech is NOT an absolute.  Constitutionally it applies toward government censorship and even that is not an absolute. Yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre being the most cited example.  "Fighting words" being a more recent Supreme Court ruling...

This is a PRIVATE forum because it is hosted by a private company.  Freedom of speech does NOT apply here.  HTC can limit these forums to what they wish to limit them to.

[Masherbrum]

Oh boy, here we come with the Lawyer talk.

"Legaleeze"?   

[Fugita]

See Rule #5