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To: d:oug who wrote (111)	10/27/2004 10:51:07 AM
From: Cisco	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 377

Doug, I have mixed feelings in this area. SI has always had a long tradition of members exposing scams, pump and dumps, and the like. I believe this is probably one of the reasons SI never became a Raging Bull. SI has never been very hospitable to those who wanted to use SI for their own money train. Since it is impossible for management to monitor every posts, it is often up to other members to alert others to possible scams. Somehow, the right to privacy has to be balanced with the right for the community to know. Where you draw this line is unclear to me. SI allows for censorship when material is unlawful,harassing,libelous, invasive of another's privacy, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, obscene...improper or otherwise objectionable. As you have noted, I believe the First Amendment applies only to the government, but not to private sites. However, there are several here who would quickly take issue with me on this point in that they believe SI should allow First Amendment type speech on this site. I believe that a person who wants to Yahoo, already has a place to go.<g> I for that reason have always supported a rather strict enforcement of TOU in general where it provides for the welfare and protection of the community. This is were I am conflicted. The TOU is to protect the community, but sometimes a strict enforcement of the TOU does just the opposite. I believe that this is the real question here: how does management balance the right to privacy with the right for the community to know. In this case, I have the tendency to tip the scales toward what is best for the community. If management knows that what is written here is false, then by all means use the magic poof button. If not, then the decision is one that management must weigh. It is certainly their right to do whatever they want with this thread. This is not a member owned site.