Yes, but if you charge me for the privilege of being in your house, ie rent,
you will find it much harder to legally evict me from your premises, and
don't even think about evicting me and then withholding my possessions.

Kit

-----Original Message-----
From: Elijah Meeker [mailto:elijah@...]
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 2:26 PM
To: eqbards@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [eqbards] (OT) Theft in EQ Redux

From: "Elijah Meeker" <elijah@...>

> Interestingly as such, Verant also
>cannot ban someone for anything they say while online. Despite the fact
>that it is in the TOS that you cannot say certain things without being
>banned, US civil liberties laws specifically prohibit anyone from
>voluntarily abrogating their own constitutional rights except in cases of
>national security.

Well, Norath isn't a public place. I can tell you you are welcome in my
house if you behave and speak according to my rules. If you break those
rules I can eject you. As long as those rules don't break overriding laws
(like discrimination based on race or sex) that doesn't *begin* to touch the
area of constitutional rights because it was MY house and you choose to come
in, and frankly I can ask you to leave for no reason in partiucular. Heh, as
my house is in Texas, if'n ya don't I kin shoot ya! Well, not exactly, but
you never quite know in Texas. :o)
At any rate, the speech thing is a Red Herring, Norrath isn't a public
place, it is owned by Sony/Verant. Heh, try telling you boss he's a arrogant
jerk and follow it with that he can't fire you because you have the right to
tell him that. *grin*

Tszaaz

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