Free Speech And WebLogs

welloy writes "The WashingtonPost has an article regarding free speech and web logs. Its focus is on how web logs are governed by the same laws/rules of standard print journalism. The header quote: "Bloggers" surprised by legal limits on Web journals."

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Duh!

[SuperDuG]

This is the same as people getting pissed when their parents grab their diary/journals from underneath the bed, just now you're not hiding it, you're publishing it on the internet (where anyone can see it).

Anyone who thinks weblogs are anonymous is a freekin idiot. Don't want to piss off the boss/relatives/church/government etc?? Don't post things in your blog that would piss them off. This really isn't that hard, but if you want to express your freedom of speech and face the consequencese of doing so (there are consequences), then do so. You have the right to express yourself, but remember that not everyone is going to be happy when you write about things that are controversial.

I really thought this was common sense.