> It's somewhat ironic to me that some folks arguing passionately for the openness of the web (something I and many of the proposal contributors are also passio

> It's somewhat ironic to me that some folks arguing passionately for the openness of the web (something I and many of the proposal contributors are also passionate about) are relying on physical threats and other forms of abuse For a lot of us here in the US, we claim that we would defend our First Amendment right to free speech with violence if necessary. For some of us, the web is where spend a significant amount of effort exercising that freedom. And I know that there are quite a few of us who have looked at the WEI proposal, and are concerned that our ability to exercise our First Amendment right to free speech on the web could be curtailed should WEI be adopted by major websites. Given what I know about Americans and our love of free speech and guns, I don't find the threats and abuse that Rick Byers claims to be receiving to be ironic at all.