Quote Originally Posted by Squirt View Post
Odd ... can you be pro free speech while using the legal system to silence people?
Not in my opinion.

Can you be an open forum while banning people from posting the truth, with links?
Complicated, and depends on the rules of the forum, but in general, forum operators try to walk a line between openness and keeping an environment that's inviting to posters. It is not an easy task making moderation decisions, but in general, I believe that presentation of facts that do not impinge on an expectation of privacy, and particularly when the facts might be useful to the community, should generally be an acceptable action.

I dunno it all seems dodgy to me these days.. behind the scenes manipulations to silence those with knowledge from posting the truth and suing those who post public knowledge of a corporations flaws.. it wreaks of desperation to me.
Integrity comes at a high cost. Most people would rather be silent and avoid delicate topics than risk alienating or angering people, because they don't want to affect their businesses or public perceptions. That's why Cybersocket got away with what it did for so long; people had the perception that they had the ability to destroy businesses, even though that wasn't the case. And that's why certain other companies are never spoken badly of publicly, while many people who have worked with them know that things are not what they appear to be, but won't say so publicly.

It sucks, but it's probably true in every field of business.