Okay, guys?
May. 31st, 2007 01:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyI'm not saying I understand all the legal talk that's being bandied about, because I don't. And I'm not saying I agree with what LJ's done, because I'm pretty sure I don't. Heck, I don't even think I know most of the story!
But I do understand this:
It's not a first amendment thing. The only people who have to follow the first amendment are the government. The US government. Specifically Congress, but that seems to be interpreted to mean "Any government, no matter how small or municipal, that's part of the US".
And last time I checked, LiveJournal was in no way the government. We don't pay taxes to LiveJournal, and they don't have cops, and we don't even have to pay for our journals. They can make a rule banning purple fonts, and suspending everybody who ever used a purple font, like, ever if they like. It'd be stupid, you know it and I know it, but it's still be legal.
So stop complaining about the first amendment. Complain about freedom of speech or illogic or whatever - but it's not the first amendment.
(Also, hate to burst everybody's bubble, but I really don't think that the petitions and machinegun commenting plans are going to work. Do they ever? You can spend your energy and time however you like, I guess, but... *shrugs*)
But I do understand this:
It's not a first amendment thing. The only people who have to follow the first amendment are the government. The US government. Specifically Congress, but that seems to be interpreted to mean "Any government, no matter how small or municipal, that's part of the US".
And last time I checked, LiveJournal was in no way the government. We don't pay taxes to LiveJournal, and they don't have cops, and we don't even have to pay for our journals. They can make a rule banning purple fonts, and suspending everybody who ever used a purple font, like, ever if they like. It'd be stupid, you know it and I know it, but it's still be legal.
So stop complaining about the first amendment. Complain about freedom of speech or illogic or whatever - but it's not the first amendment.
(Also, hate to burst everybody's bubble, but I really don't think that the petitions and machinegun commenting plans are going to work. Do they ever? You can spend your energy and time however you like, I guess, but... *shrugs*)
