Posted by galtin on September 24, 2001, at 22:14:27
In reply to Re: Posting policy, posted by Shar on September 23, 2001, at 15:16:04
> "I understand that some people are desperate, but (1) I don't think the answer is necessarily to do something illegal, (2) if someone did decide to do that, they could ask elsewhere, and (3) discussion of the medications themselves would still be fine here."
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> I think it gets very tricky at this point to draw the line based on illegality. If this viewpoint prevails, people will not be able to talk about taking illegally obtained drugs. Or using illegal drugs. Or, warning readers of, say, a bad experience they had with an overseas pharmacy, because they would have to name the pharmacy (source) of the meds.
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> There are things talked about here, on many different topics, that include reports or self-reports of illegal activity--to one degree or another. I hope the plan is not to consistently apply the 'is this perhaps illegal' standard to all posts. We will need a psycho-lawyer then to sort out what is ok and what is not.
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> SharThis run of exchanges comes down to four issues:
1. There is a big difference between people REPORTING the commission of illegal acts and discussing with others HOW TO commit such acts in the future. The latter exposes the site to potential liability. People can REPORT whatever they want; discussing with other posters HOW to commit a probably illegal act is something else.
2. When drawing the line between what is legal and illegal is tricky, why not err on the side of clarity. Besides. . . .3. The purpose of the site is not to discuss ways to obtain illegal meds or ways to obtain legal meds by illegally means. We can discuss any medications we want, whether obtained at the local pharmacy or by courier from Bolivia. A poster can share the therapeutic wonders of swallowing ten red frogs, without giving the directions to the pond where the frogs live.
4. Bob's position does not prevent anybody from obtaining any drugs from wherever they want. It just moves these discussions off-line.
galtin
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