Freedom of speech Unlike some discussions on the net, on which all correspondents have to register their e-mail address, this is consequently a wholly open forum, subscribing to the principle of freedom of expression. We hope that abuse of this freedom will not cause reconsideration of this principle, as has occurred elsewhere on the net. The Conductive Education Discussion Forum is provided from the United Kingdom under the jurisdiction of the law of England which is a little more restrictive than that of the United States. There is no First Amendment in the United Kingdom and recent case law has created publishers' liability for defamatory statements on the internet. Any defamatory postings will be immediately removed.
Freedom is always open to abuse.
However strong the convictions expressed, correspondents should have a care for the sensitivities of others and hope that readers will be in turn sympathetic to the strongly held opinions of others. Reasonable people may be driven away from this Forum altogether by 'flaming' i.e. aggressive or intimidating language. This is not a problem peculiar to Conductive Education. The world's largest such forum, the MGH Neurology WebForum, offers this careful advice .