[42509] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: On Internet and social responsibility
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Charlap)
Mon Sep 17 15:21:05 2001
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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:20:23 -0400
From: David Charlap <David.Charlap@marconi.com>
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David Schwartz wrote:
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> Because if American companies want to spread the speech of foreign
> terrorists, that's their right. The government of the United States
> should not be prosecuting them for the content of their speech.
Without stating an opinon on whether or not it is right to shutdown
these sites, let me point out two things that you seem to be forgetting:
1: The courts have repeatedly held that incite to riot is not a form
of protected speech. A logical inference here is that incite to
war is not protected either.
2: The US Constitution does not guarantee the rights of non-citizens
residing in foreign nations. Even if they buy a web page from a
US hosting service.
-- David
