@MarkTime:
I side with Wayne here. There isn't a single country in the world where true *public* free speech exists. Not in Europe, not even in the US. Genuine free speech exists only in the privacy of your mind. I'm sure that the meaning of the phrase in the Policy runs along the lines of 'what is commonly accepted as public free speech in real life is also accepted here in this public virtual community'. I think it's a bit silly to argue that the phrase suddenly should mean 'genuine, unrestricted free speech' when in almost all cases, it doesn't. Therefore there is no need to write down the elaboration, it is implied and understood. Deal with it.