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Hate Speech Ban Metaphor
Saw this on news.admin.net-abuse.misc:
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Eric Bohlman) wrote:
<snip>
:Banning this sort of discussion accomplishes nothing positive. It
:creates the *appearance* of having fought bigotry without actually having
:done so. It doesn't address the problem, it sweeps it under the rug, and
:bigotry that's been swept under the rug has a nasty habit of catching
:fire. Banning hate speech is sort of like sending a business card to
:Craig Shergold; it lets you feel like you've done your good deed for the
:day, even though you really haven't.
<snip>
That gets _my_ vote for metaphor of the day.
Bruce Baugh
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http://www.teleport.com/~bruceab