Free Speech and harassment issue?
613189
They're very hinky about any kind of activity on the platform.  If you were outside the station there wouldn't have been a problem, as it's public property out there.
1009138
LOL! Are you Bill O'Reilly? You ask a question and then tell the answerer to shut up. You should thank the ACLU for your right to free speech.
1142409
not necessarily, harassment can be entirely verbal (e.g. saying "nice boobs"). Moreover, "inappropriate touching" is not violence either since there is no physical damage.\n\nbut presumably if sexual harassment is left unchecked, it could escalate into more serious things - like sexual assault (rape) and plain violence.
163655
blogging is not different from the rest of the internet, or newspaper publishing for that matter. Same limititations to free speech: insults, confidential or copyrighted information, , promoting hate/violence/crime. If they can find you or website operator, they'll shut the blog down. Aside from that, nobody cares.
493946
Wuss?\n\nAll the 'racist' comments I've seen lately have little to do with racism and everything to do with someone stating a position contrary to what is wanted.
863426
Not a damn thing,freedom of speech.......
395920
In the United States a citizen has a right to voice their opinion. This is called Freedom of Speech and unfortunately you cannot do much about it.  If that person were to infringe on your rights, or commit an act of violence because of your nationality/creed it would be a hate crime.  The best thing to do is to keep on going and ignore their hateful comments.  If you let an idiot affect you, what have you become?  an idiot.  So don't let these people get beneath your skin because thats what they want.  If you take steps to silence this person, well that would be infringing on their rights, so its best to just ignore them and move on.
1081555
I think that every person has the right to voice their opinion. I don't really think that the issue is about freedom of speech as much as it is about living with the results of what our speech/actions accomplish. Speech holds within it the ability to affect things and many people think that what they do or say is void of this fact. The issue wasn't that the Dixie Chicks made their opinion known. The real issue is that what they said insulted alot of people, including people that liked or like their music. If you insult a person, they will not want to communicate with you and they will badmouth you to the people around them. \n\nThe issue isn't that the Dixie Chicks couldn't say what they wanted to say. The issue is that they don't like living with those results of what was said. We are free to speak our mind, but we will always be a slave to how we live with what we said. Think of how many people (famous or not) that have had to live with what they said to their family or friends. You can't take back what comes out of your mouth.
644347
I think it's great when used properly, everyone should be able to have his or her own voice on everything.  Theirs nothing wrong with freedom of speach.\n\nBut it does piss me off when some people try to label other things, such as harassment, as freedom of speech.
1129470
No, your right still exists.  But the rules of decency apply here.  Personally, I don't want to hear indecent, offensive stuff and most others don't as well.
743014
This is the thing about "freedom of speech". We all have the opportunity to speak our mind. BUT in a polite thoughtful publically acceptable manner. Would you like someone screaming obsenities and making obscene gestures if anyone's mother, grandmother, or small child were standing there? Well, I do not like it If I am standing there. Politeness is not taking away anything; it is allowing ALL of us to live together in less and less space...Having control over what you say is being an adult...screaming and yelling or typing stuff that is not really necessary nor particularly indicative of any intelligence is hardly anything to strive for nor anything to complain about if others do not like it and they say so...THAT Is freedom of speech.
300036
Wow - \n\nYou must be mistaken.  I am totally shocked that a liberal, open minded, free thinking member would have anything to do with squelching your individual rights of free speech that were manifested in a forum specifically established to inquire about such matters.  \n\nParticularly because it was such a seemingly relevant question considering the happenings in the world today.\n\nI suppose I shall have to reconsider my opinion.  I wonder if I'm allowed to do that?
542513
You haven't explained what type of harassment.  Different types require different actions.
1120324
As a conservative, I have to disagree. Liberals know all to well what free speech is. Haven't you noticed that they never shut the frig up?
356738
Global? Are you serious? Of course not. There are countries where freedom of speech is a joke.\n\nAh, well if you are specifically talking about Yahoo, then no, there is not freedom of speech, there are rules and terms of use. I have no problem with them. There is no need to do any of the things that go against the rules of the site. There is a mature and respectful way to answer any question on this site while being both honest and within the guidelines of the site. Some have the ability to do that, and some don't.
1163981
I think that the current government of my country is absolutely great!  The largest problem is the media.  Since free speech is allowed, the news media slants the news to try to influence others to the media's viewpoint.  However, if we want to preserve our right to free speech, we must all accept the media and their unethical tactics.
1030717
Sorry, but I don't know why.  Yahoo takes off anything that anyone reports, and someone may have reported you for whatever was in your edited reply.  Some people at this site are report abuse happy, and appear to be offended by the slightest little things.  It's too bad that we don't have freedom of speech (rather of writing) what we believe.