"seriously sick individuals" and freedom of expression

Do you think that people have the right to express whatever they want in their personal blog or website, no matter how "offensive" it may seem to some other people?

I think that the poster should abide by the terms and conditions of the site s/he's posting on, but other than that, I think that the person can write whatever they want.

For instance, maybe I would like to write a novel for National Novel Writing Month and post it online for people to read. Perhaps I would choose to write about a serial killer, who does especially grisly things to corpses, or children. (Now, if I *were* writing such a story, I would probably post a disclaimer, saying that the blog was fictional and written for NaNoWriMo.) But what if someone who missed the disclaimer came across the site and read the entries, and then decided to track down the author?

As readers, we can hit the back button or close the browser if we don't want to read something that we don't like or agree with.

Yes, some people might be posting blog entries because they are "psychos" with the intent of doing whatever they've said in their blog entries. Yes, there are cases of criminals who have blog entries as evidence, but there are many more cases of criminals who don't make their thoughts public. Look at BTK, John Wayne Gacy, or Ted Bundy. They were "normal" in most respects.

My personal motto is: I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend your right to say it.