At 9:35 AM 6/20/95, Melvin Klassen wrote:
>You wrote:
>> Claiming what?  First Amendment rights?  See yesterday's Supreme Court
>> decision.  Everyone has a right to say whatever they want, but they don't
>> have an unabridged right to someone elses medium.
>
>For the enlightenment of us "foreigners", can you elaborate on that decision?
>I browsed through  http://WWW.UScourts.GOV
>but couldn't find anything, based on your vague reference.
 
Unanimous ruling that the (private) organizers of Boston's St. Patrick's
Day Parade have the right to include/exclude anyone they choose (in
response to a suit brought by a Gay Rights group).  The Court took the
position that free speech was not impeded because any excluded group could
get a parade permit and organize their own parade.
 
Because there are now a variety of software packages (some shareware, some
commercial) for running lists on one's workstation, anyone excluded by a
list owner can create their own list (or find a different list).  I
actually know of a specific case of a list that exists because of a
subscriber's frustration with the policies of the editor of a moderated
list.
 
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