how did we let things get this way

[AmarilloMike]

Ahh. But if an atheist started posting arguments about religion and philosophy on here and the moderators deleted the post and banned the atheist his First Amendment rights would not be violated as this is a private site and the action was taken by it's owners.

I don't mind you arguing some tolerance of off topic topics. I am just pointing out that banning them here doesn't have anything to do with the First Amendment. If Attorney General Eric Holder was sending cease and desist orders and going to court to get a restraining order to cause Mr. Charlie Cleveland to cease posting off topic here then you could logically invoke the First Amendment as cause to let Charlie continue to post off topic.

Best,

Mike

Oh sure- now I remember- "One lawyer can""-- you fill in the blanks Mike" I see your point, and as I am just a layman (did serve on two juries in 2000) I missed that loophole-

I don't much care for Eric Holder- he looks a bit like Adolph Eichmann to me, and he conveys to me the Gestapo mentality of many of our politicans today, IMO of course. Charlie is a good old hard working Southerner, my kind of man- down to earth, straight forward- honest as the day is long- I'd like to say what roadblocks I'd place in Eric Holder's pathway were he to go after Charlie for his posts on the PGCA, but I know just enough about the law to avoid the landmine of Libel- so I'll pass and not stretch the elastic of the First- You must be a lawyer, am I right??