Slip signing/Freedom of Speech etc

[Guest guest]

Hello

I was delighted to find the UN Declaration of Human Rights via the

Freedom of Mind site. Imo, as the 12-step program is a religion,

coerced participation in it is a breach of Article 18, which provides

for freedom of thought and conscience:

" Article 18.

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and

religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief,

and freedom, either alone or in

community with others and in public or private, to manifest his

religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. "

For those that consider I might be dodgy on accepting the rights of

others myself, I include:

" Article 19.

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this

right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to

seek, receive and impart

information and ideas through any media and regardless of

frontiers. "

I dont think this means in this contect that everyone has the right to

say what they like on any email list. I believe it means that everyone

has the right to *create* their own email list. One guy on a list I

owned basically spent his time saying I applied vacuums to beasts of

burden and seemed to think he had a perfect right to do this on my

list. In snail mail terms that is like suggesting I should assist him

publicly insulting me by providing stamps and envelopes and posting the

letters for him.

I find it remarkable that Mike N should try to inappropriately claim

freedom of speech here, when he is participating in the much more

serious breech of freedom of conscience on pain of loss of liberty by

slip-signing.

Pete