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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1681978" data-attributes="member: 1">Freedom of Speech? The U.S. Constitution:Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. U.S. citizens have the right to say whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want: on their own property in accordance with the laws of the land. The Constitution does not say that a privately owned website must guarantee that members can say whatever they want on the forums. It simply states that CONGRESS must not abridge the freedom of speech. This website is privately owned and not controlled by Congress. As the owner / admin of this site I have the right and responsibility to create, establish, maintain rules that best fit the community and edit, ban, disable the account and or remove the posts of anyone participating here who does not follow the website TOS. The Terms of Service aren&#039;t there to keep anyone from expressing their opinion. They are there to encourage intelligent conversation and suppress name calling, offensive language and misrepresentations.Read more: <a href="http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/mutual-respect-and-tolerance.136196/page-2#post-300695" target="_blank">http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/mutual-respect-and-tolerance.136196/page-2#post-300695</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1681978, member: 1"] Freedom of Speech? [B]The U.S. Constitution:[/B] Amendment I [I]Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. [/I] U.S. citizens have the right to say whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want: on their own property in accordance with the laws of the land. The Constitution does not say that a privately owned website must guarantee that members can say whatever they want on the forums. It simply states that CONGRESS must not abridge the freedom of speech. This website is privately owned and not controlled by Congress. As the owner / admin of this site I have the right and [I]responsibility[/I] to create, establish, maintain rules that best fit the community and edit, ban, disable the account and or remove the posts of anyone participating here who does not follow the website TOS. The Terms of Service aren't there to keep anyone from expressing their opinion. They are there to encourage intelligent conversation and suppress name calling, offensive language and misrepresentations. Read more: [URL]http://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/mutual-respect-and-tolerance.136196/page-2#post-300695[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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