"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com> writes:
<sigh> Ofcource what I say in a contract is "free". I can say anything I want in a contract solong as the parties involved agree.
Are ads a part of the contract, though?
What is controled is my actions not my speech. If I enter into a "contract" to provide borshch on the promise that it will cure your cancer *knowing* that it will not then I am guilty of fraud. This fraud is caused by my not honoring the contract. The government does not have a right to restrict my speech in a contract only as an arbitrator of contracts do they have a right to restrict my actions (ie: that I live up to the conditions of the contract).
If I enter into a sales contract with Kent to give him borsch to cure his cancer, and this is not an FDA-approved treatment, then this contract is against public policy and shouldn't be enforceable. :-) But to convict me of fraud, the gubmint should prove that borshch doesn't cure cancer. How would one prove that? --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps