Mike, you don't really have any "right" to be stupid, or any "rights" at all, just like with the restaurant analogy that Cory was making earlier. The internet is a public place, yes, and this forum can be seen by anyone, in the same way that anyone standing on the street can look through the window of the restaurant and see you, and even photograph you. And being able to post on the forum at all is a privilige, let alone being able to edit posts, and as the people who run the joint, we reserve the right to relieve you of that privilige at any time, in the same way that your ISP reserves the right to cut off your Internet access, were you to breach their AUP.