Free speech does not give free license to be a jerk, though. Speak about anything that you want, but if you can't say it without bashing someone then it shouldn't be said. There is a difference between "ACME did a _&%#@& job again on that product. Those idiots don't know their )(( from their elbow" and "ACME could have done a better job working through the problems before they released this product." The first one is an attack on the people that made the software; the second says the same thing in a more respectful manner. It's the former kind of noise that should be toned down here.