Free speech… its always been what seperates us from the more un-enlightened… a true bit of freedom. And yet, there’s people who would take that freedom away.
I’ve always been opposed to censorship. If you don’t like what I have to say, then you don’t have to listen. I’m not prying your eyeballs open and forcing you to read what I write. Nor am I sitting outside your window with a bullhorn reciting Tales of Retail.
Besides, words and ideas only have the power that you give them.
And now, a man who I am vaguely familiar with is having his freedom of speech imperiled.
Mario G Nitrini
If you visit Perrero, you may know him as that guy that talks CONSTANTLY about the O.J. Simpson case, and always signs his name twice. I’m not his biggest fan (don’t find O.J. interesting in the least), and I tend to skim through his posts. But if he finds the controversy behind the case exciting, even after years, then more power to him.
In the past few months, along with commenting for Perrero, he has also been contributing. And apparently someone out there doesn’t like that.
“Well, as you may not have noticed since the changes were retrospective, a strongly worded legal-type letter has caused a redaction of some old Mario posts.”
- David N. Scott
So many posts of Mario’s were either altered or deleted altogether. I don’t blame Dave in the least, he’s in no better position than I to fight lawyers, that would be an awful lot of money. Though it is sad that justice can be bought… didn’t I talk about that at some point in the past? I’m sure I have.
Regardless, this is wrong, and freedom has been cast aside by those folk known as lawyers. I hope there can be some kind of peaceable resolution this whole thing, but somehow I doubt it.
And Mario, you keep at it. Its your right to say whatever you believe.
Zel-kun out.
David N. Scott | 06-Sep-07 at 1:03 pm | Permalink
Yeah. I called around last time I got sued and they wanted me to being $500 in just to talk and get things started. ANd you know you get eaten if you go to court without lawyers. SO… no justice for the poor or moderately incomed, basically.
It’s hard because Mario can just repost them, but it’s still a principle of the thing.
It’s worth noting that the people unhappy with Mario were being ragged on pretty hard on him and I know they had both tried to talk to him about it and calm him down in the comments section. One of them is just recovering from a very severe illness and is a sort-of friend of mine, too. So things are a little murkier than they look.
Zel-kun | 06-Sep-07 at 2:17 pm | Permalink
I’m sure. I know he was always looking for a fight. Maybe he said wrong things, but its the principle of the thing.
David N. Scott | 06-Sep-07 at 7:46 pm | Permalink
Yeah. Believe me, I wouldn’t've let him post if I didn’t think he should be able to say what he wanted.