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    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to All on Sun Sep 21 09:42:56 2025
    Freedom of speech ... an interesting concept ...

    Some people need to think of it badly what it could mean ...

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  • From Alex Galiyev@1:129/14.1 to Ward Dossche on Sun Sep 21 04:22:14 2025
    Hello Ward!

    Sunday September 21 2025 09:42, you wrote to All:

    Freedom of speech ... an interesting concept ...
    Some people need to think of it badly what it could mean ...
    Look who's talking about freedom of speech - a dictator backed by the authoritarian majority of R50, who led Fidonet into decline.

    https://fidonet.press/index.php/2025/09/20/fidonets-decline-and-ward-dossches-role/

    Alex

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  • From Michiel van der Vlist@2:280/5555 to Ward Dossche on Sun Sep 21 10:21:46 2025
    Hello Ward,

    On Sunday September 21 2025 09:42, you wrote to All:

    Freedom of speech ... an interesting concept ...

    Some people need to think of it badly what it could mean ...

    So... how about writing a Fidonews article about it?


    Cheers, Michiel

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to Ward Dossche on Sun Sep 21 08:43:06 2025
    Freedom of speech ... an interesting concept ...
    Some people need to think of it badly what it could mean ...

    Freedom of speech is the right to articulate and share opinions and ideas without government interference, retaliation, or punishment.

    This right is protected in the United States by the First Amendment, but is not absolute; it applies to spoken and written words as well as symbolic actions, and it is subject to reasonable limitations to prevent harm, such as incitement of violence.

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  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100.1 to Uber-Geek on Mon Sep 22 00:02:08 2025
    Hello, Uber-Geek!

    Sunday September 21 2025 08:43, you wrote to Ward Dossche:

    Freedom of speech is the right to articulate and share opinions and
    ideas without government interference, retaliation, or punishment.

    Freedom of speech - folks, it's the BEST, everybody knows it. Without it, no America, no nothing!!
    They say "limits". Total scam. We don't want limits, we want FREEDOM! Big, beautiful freedom. Like in Russia or Hungary!

    The First Amendment - incredible, the strongest amendment, maybe the strongest in the history of the world. People tell me that all the time. Even Putin himself!

    Nobody - and I mean nobody, protected free speech more than ME. I was the most freedom-of-speech protector, believe me. I protected 20 speeches. Maybe 30. Some people say 54. Tremendous numbers!

    The Fake News, the radical left, antifa - they don't like it. They melt when you tell the truth. Total disaster!

    But under us, free speech wins again. America wins again. We're going to Make America Great Again - bigger, better, louder than ever before!

    And guess what? We're even going to Make FidoNet Great Again. People said it couldn't be done. We're doing it right now. It's coming back, folks - stronger, faster, more bauds than ever. It's going to be YUUUUGE!

    Best regards,
    dp.

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  • From Uber-Geek@1:129/42 to Dmitry Protasoff on Mon Sep 22 11:20:04 2025
    The Fake News, the radical left, antifa - they don't like it. They melt

    antifa is simply Anti-Facist. It's not a group, there is no leader or command structure, it's simply an ideology. Please stop using it like it's any kind of organization, because it's not.

    Unless of course you're a facist.

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  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100.1 to Uber-Geek on Mon Sep 22 22:34:20 2025
    Hello, Uber-Geek!

    Monday September 22 2025 11:20, you wrote to me:

    The Fake News, the radical left, antifa - they don't like it.
    They melt

    antifa is simply Anti-Facist. It's not a group, there is no leader or command structure, it's simply an ideology. Please stop using it like
    it's any kind of organization, because it's not.

    Unless of course you're a facist.

    I spent half an hour trying to impersonate Trump and you completely ruined my effort ;)

    Best regards,
    dp.

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  • From Nick Boel@1:154/10 to Dmitry Protasoff on Mon Sep 22 17:24:18 2025
    Hey Dmitry!

    On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:34:20 +0300, you wrote:

    I spent half an hour trying to impersonate Trump and you completely
    ruined my effort ;)

    To be fair, while reading your very first sentence, I continued reading the rest while putting his voice to your words. So your effort did not go unnoticed. Well done, my good man! ;)

    Regards,
    Nick

    ... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dmitry Protasoff on Tue Sep 23 12:56:50 2025
    Dear Friend,

    I spent half an hour trying to impersonate Trump and you completely
    ruined my effort ;)

    I caught it and the impersonation was well received...

    \%/@rd

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  • From Dmitry Protasoff@2:5001/100.1 to Nick Boel on Tue Sep 30 03:01:14 2025
    Hello, Nick!

    Monday September 22 2025 17:24, you wrote to me:

    To be fair, while reading your very first sentence, I continued
    reading the rest while putting his voice to your words. So your effort
    did not go unnoticed. Well done, my good man! ;)

    Thank you! :)

    The most amazing thing is that my neighbor on the same floor in my Moscow apartment building knows him personally, because back in 1990 he let them use his casino for free to shoot a film - they were the very first Soviet film crew to come to the US to make a comedy movie and my neighbor was a screenwriter.

    Best regards,
    dp.

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