Question for the Moderators

[flewdacoop]

i am not a moderator but i can tell you that any thing you say our do can be used against you in a court of law.. does that sound familier but what i do know is that you also can have charges brought on them for stalking and harrasment if they are following you either in person our the enternet.. just my two cents

 

[onedoodle3]

Unfortunately yes it can be used against you. The Supreme Court ruled that if you post anything, be it pictures or statements or even funny stories, it is posted in a public domain. Therefore you lose any right to privacy. It becomes public content and can be used against you if someone wants to use it that way. I think it's wrong.

 

[animalsRawesome]

Please don't misconstrue my point here.
Yes, I have a civil fight with local ordinance banning chickens in my backyard. State law currently supports my right to have chickens as long as I comply with healthy practice of animal husbandry. My hens are as much pets as they are food sources. They also are treated more as pets than livestock.

The jist of my original post is that people are taking BYC forum comments and turning said comments against backyard chicken keepers. They are printing out comments and using those comments to support an anti-chicken agenda at the local level.. There are two (2) other chicken fans in my city that have received tickets just because they have supported my local fight.

What I'm trying to discover is if what I post here is it evidence that can be used against me by those who troll for information. If I post here, can I be prosecuted for sharing that information? Can I be prosecuted for saying that I have chickens on this forum?

Again, I ask the moderators if any post here can be used by outside parties for whatever reason?

SAY WHAT!?!?!?!?!?! What did they do to get a ticket? Just because they want the laws changed they got a ticket? Were they violently protesting or something?

 

[DuckLady]

Please confine this thread to the original question.
Any discussion about specific situations should go in the appropriate section of the forum.