re freedom in u s a in article apr virginia edu ab z virginia edu andi beyer writes i have just started reading the articles in this news group there seems to be an attempt by some members to quiet other members with scare tactics i believe one posting said that all postings by one person are being forwarded to his server who keeps a file on him in hope that appropriate action might be taken i don t know where you guys are from but in america such attempts to curtail someones first amendment rights are not appreciated here we let everyone speak their mind regardless of how we feel about it take your fascistic repressive ideals back to where you came from it would be nice if as you rightly point out the inherent value of freedom of speech discussion would also deal with the all to frequent ritualized abuses and distortions of that freedom that do occur there are situations where a few extremely vocal and usually radical people do drive people away effectively stifle all other opposing views and generally take over clearly the purpose behind such actions is to deprive others of their freedom of speech through overt and covert coercion and domination of the media form in question while freedom of speech is to be valued this is not how would you suggest that this sort of reoccuring problem be alleviated more particularly how can this be controlled within the structure of these newsgroups tim clock ph d graduate student uci tel department of politics and society fax university of california irvine home tel irvine ca
