After the furor over "the letter" I decided to look for a USMS charter or similar statement. I expected to find something that said something like USMS serves to promote adult swimming open to all (etc.).
Instead I found nothing. The FAQ is mostly about nuts and bolts of USMS and why join. The Administration pages on this site describe how USMS is run.
I could not find anywhere a general statement of USMS's purpose for being other than to give adult swimmers their own group. I couldn't find any language about non-discrimination or to promote adult swimming, etc.
Shouldn't USMS have something like that?
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Third, re free speech, a wise, award-winning editor of a local newspaper and website, when criticized for disallowing or deleting vile opinion, said something like: "The Bill of Rights guaranteed you free speech, but not the right to publish it in my newspaper. I decide what goes in these pages."
:applaud:
So many people confuse the right to 'free speech' which protects an individual from governmental prosecution for expressing their political views with: "I sould be able to say whatever I want, wherever I want, and suffer no consequences."
As for the article, I don't think additional rules and guidelines are really needed. I have faith that one will get chalked up to 'lessons learned' and is not likely to happen again.
Third, re free speech, a wise, award-winning editor of a local newspaper and website, when criticized for disallowing or deleting vile opinion, said something like: "The Bill of Rights guaranteed you free speech, but not the right to publish it in my newspaper. I decide what goes in these pages."
:applaud:
So many people confuse the right to 'free speech' which protects an individual from governmental prosecution for expressing their political views with: "I sould be able to say whatever I want, wherever I want, and suffer no consequences."
As for the article, I don't think additional rules and guidelines are really needed. I have faith that one will get chalked up to 'lessons learned' and is not likely to happen again.
