Bob Blick wrote:
>> It's a slippery slope. Now there is a precedent and Italian courts can do
>> the same thing to blog sites, forum, etc etc.
>
> Good. Keep your blogs clean. I have no problem with people being held
> responsible for what is posted on their blogs. The blog owners can edit
> out anything they choose.

Who gets to decide what is "clean"? What about this little thing we call 
"free speech"?

I think you would be very comfortable in China and Russia (and I guess now, 
Italy), where people are dragged into court or even arrested for posting 
content the censors find "objectionable".


>> Would you (as a PICList admin) want to be held liable for something that
>> I
>> said?
>
> I do have some liability. It's something I thought about before I took
> it on.

What in the world are you talking about? What "liability"?!


> That's one reason why moderation is available to me as a tool and I
> don't hesitate to use it when I need to. And I read every post.

How do you know that in my next post I won't make a political comment, or 
post child pornography? Your argument is absurd.

Vitaliy 

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