> > > WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Switzerland is offering to organize an international > > > conference on how to stop racists using the Internet to spread their views. > > > > > > The Swiss delegation offered no date or venue. It first wanted to sound out > > > interest, a Swiss official said. > > Dear Swiss: I think such a conference, a Cyberconference, is an excellent > idea. In BC and Canada we have a hodge podge of laws applying to free > speech but we have no explicit FREE SPEECH LAW. We now have the 1996 > Recall and Initiative Act in BC, the beginning of Swiss-like direct > democracy and we could put the results of your Cyberconference to a > province-wide referendum. What ARE the limits to the UN's Article 19? > What are the limits to very disturbing and provocative press releases > from organizations like Amnesty International? Thus I think your conference > should be much broader than free speech and racism. > > Sincerely-FWP. *** British Columbia-the world's first direct electronic democracy under development http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/BCPolitics; http://users.uniserve.com/~culturex ***
