On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 11:50 PM, wu wei <wuwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Did you really forward a private email to a public mailing list without >>> permission? >>> >>> Are you really that fucking ignorant of the law? >> >> This is a public discussion. Maybe you just need to stand behind a >> loophole in the law, but the first amendment overrides that. > > Common misconception. The First Amendment to the United States > Constitution prohibits the *making of any law* that restricts certain > freedoms. It does not have ANYTHING to do with "I have first amendment > rights to say whatever I like".
Your constitutional opinion, but not everyone's. And I quote: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or -->abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press<--; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It is restrictions on Congress and the > state governments in the US of A. > > Even if python-list were purely US-based, it still wouldn't apply. > > Deliberately forwarding a private email without permission is a breach > of courtesy, more than of the law. How many emails end in hit 'reply all'? It may be possible to make a civil > case of the breach of privacy in some jurisdictions, but mainly it's > just a gross discourtesy. It wasn't stated that that was their intent. I though it was the regular hit 'reply', instead of hit 'reply all' (Assuming, that is, that the email wasn't > actually intended to be public. I've at times responded on-list to a > private email, but with a tag at the top explaining that.) > That I failed to do. To say please hit 'reply all' -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list