>I wasn't going to post any more on this subject, butyour comment amazes me Grady.
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>Freedom of speech does not mean the right to force everyone to listen. If I go stand on the corner near your house and begin to speak and you choose to walk away, are you taking away my freedom of speech? No. If you receive snail mail and choose to toss it in the garbage without reading, are you taking away the sender's freedom of speech? No. If you put your phone number on the 'do not call' list to prevent solicitations by phone, are you taking away the solicitor's freedom of speech? No. If you walk into a bookstore are you required to read every book by every author? No. If you choose not to watch one tv channel, are you restricting that channel's freedom of speech? Are you required to open and/or read every single email sent to you? No.
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>A twit filter is no different. It is only a filter.
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>How does a twit filter restrict your freedom of speech? It does not. You can post anything you want as long as it does not break one of the forum's rules. You cannot force anyone to read it though.

The only other example that is missing is banning, which is a twit filter on steroids :).

If Michel, for example, decides to ban me, is he taking away my freedom of speech? The answer is obviously no, for the freedom of speech is the right to express opinions publicly, and this forums are not public space.