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Originally Posted by staysharp
I'm wondering if our God given inalienable rights as human beings applies to AFF? Since this is a religious internet communal and I assume we are all Americans, shouldn't we have the same freedom of expression here as we do in public?
I realize this is a privately funded forum, nevertheless the tentacles of our laws extend into the crevices of private corporations. I am unaware of any private clubs that have the power to supercede the Bill of Rights?
Is it lawful to ban individuals who intimidate the scripturally weak? Is it further lawful to censure threads that speak against the Administration?
If we were in Cuba I would understand.
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Actually, StaySharp, you do NOT have the same rights here, because here you can't (or shouldn't) use profanities, obscenities, discuss topics of inappropriate nature for mixed company, call other people ugly names, and otherwise do things you can do at any time in "public America." (Generally speaking...however many private businesses, and individuals will still restrict your "freedom" to do so.)
Freedom is relative and usually qualified with morality, legalities and individual perception. So get over it. 
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abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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