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09-09-2004, 07:47 AM
One of America’s Most Famous Citizens once said:
"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if men are allowed to reason…There can be no right of speech where any man is compelled to suppress his honest sentiments. Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
Newark Speaks.com was created to give the citizens of Newark and those who care about the city a voice for open discussion and debate regarding all the issues that concern and affect us. The creators of NewarkSpeaks.com forums believe in the tenets of Free Speech and will uphold that right for all participants of this forum without overt and unnecessary censorship. Speak your mind.
Open and Free discussions are healthy and necessary for Newark’s progress as a community. Speaking your mind and sharing your views lets the world know how you feel and allows others to agree, disagree, support you, debate you, join you, or educate you regarding those views. Newark’s Renaissance needs such discourse for healthy and progressive growth.
We also intend for Newark Speaks.com to be a podium for Newark’s citizen’s to speak to their elected representative as well as for our elected representatives to speak to us. An open line of communication on-line so to speak.
There are a few rules we must follow:
1. Even though we will not practice censorship as a rule, we will draw the line
with posts that include profane and sexually explicit language.
2. Spamming is definitely prohibited.
3. All postings that are against the law are of course prohibited.
Also....It should go without saying that we at NewarkSpeaks do not now or ever take responsibility for what any forum participant posts. Posts are the views and opinions of the individual who posted it and not necessarily ours.
Having said that, we respect a person's First Amendment Rights.
Excuse the basic look of the forum right now. In the coming weeks, we will refine and improve on this forum to make it exciting to be a part of.
So, SPEAK OUT NEWARK. This is your chance to talk to each other about all that is Newark, good or bad. Remember....Speech is Power.
Newark Speak.com
"Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one’s thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down. They know its power. Thrones, dominions, principalities, and powers, founded in injustice and wrong, are sure to tremble, if men are allowed to reason…There can be no right of speech where any man is compelled to suppress his honest sentiments. Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker."
Newark Speaks.com was created to give the citizens of Newark and those who care about the city a voice for open discussion and debate regarding all the issues that concern and affect us. The creators of NewarkSpeaks.com forums believe in the tenets of Free Speech and will uphold that right for all participants of this forum without overt and unnecessary censorship. Speak your mind.
Open and Free discussions are healthy and necessary for Newark’s progress as a community. Speaking your mind and sharing your views lets the world know how you feel and allows others to agree, disagree, support you, debate you, join you, or educate you regarding those views. Newark’s Renaissance needs such discourse for healthy and progressive growth.
We also intend for Newark Speaks.com to be a podium for Newark’s citizen’s to speak to their elected representative as well as for our elected representatives to speak to us. An open line of communication on-line so to speak.
There are a few rules we must follow:
1. Even though we will not practice censorship as a rule, we will draw the line
with posts that include profane and sexually explicit language.
2. Spamming is definitely prohibited.
3. All postings that are against the law are of course prohibited.
Also....It should go without saying that we at NewarkSpeaks do not now or ever take responsibility for what any forum participant posts. Posts are the views and opinions of the individual who posted it and not necessarily ours.
Having said that, we respect a person's First Amendment Rights.
Excuse the basic look of the forum right now. In the coming weeks, we will refine and improve on this forum to make it exciting to be a part of.
So, SPEAK OUT NEWARK. This is your chance to talk to each other about all that is Newark, good or bad. Remember....Speech is Power.
Newark Speak.com