On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Lyos Gemini Norezel > <lyos.gemininorezel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Paul W. Frields wrote: >> >> Let me see if I can clarify a bit here. Your rights in the USA are >> meant to be guarantees against the *government* stopping you from >> speaking. Not private entities. >> >> True. > > Only to a point. Your natural rights, which are inalienable and > universal, including liberty are not conferred on you by any > government. The Fedora Project can quash your speech if it so chooses > without violating your legal rights in the USA, but one can still > argue with some merit that it violates your natural rights. You have no natural rights to enter someone else's creative community and speak as you please, any more than you have natural rights to enter someone's home and speak as you please. (Really, don't get me started on this topic; I've got a degree in political philosophy and am not afraid to use it ;) We have built/are building this community in order to get things done; no one has any 'right' on any level to disrupt that, and we should be very skeptical of anyone who thinks they do. Luis _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board
