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Originally Posted by JaySpencer
The skeptic in me thinks that this may be a load of malarky, that it never happened. The conspiracist and pragmatic in me thinks that this did happen. It is entirely plausable and not entirely out of reason, but it's the timing of things like this that I take pause over.
I will confess that, as an owner of anther forum, made a BIG point of pointing out to a member who made a post title that said something that I considered, as did our members, an implied threat to President Bush. I spent many hours thinking it over, and then posted my objections to what was said. This was not because of negativity towards a public official, but because what had been said was RIGHT on the line where I had a concern that if it was left unchecked that it could have spun out of control and I as the owner and a US resident could have been getting that Secret Service knock on the door too and also our fellow members.
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That is correct, there's a thread in the Politics room about the freedom of speech surrounding such things like this... I had to convince the member that it was in their best interest to change their post so as to make it less inviting to the Secret Service team, which after just a few hours he did change it.
edit: I couldn't find that thread, but did find a more recent one
here.
I have read more and more comments and really the crux of why I posted this isn't about the free speech aspect, but more the run ins that people have when internet meets real life. Lots of posts of people who've created hardships at the office, with girfriends or boyfriends, family members, etc. Amazing.