From: Bruce Baugh <bruceab@teleport.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 96 10:48:12 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Hate Speech Ban Metaphor
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Saw this on news.admin.net-abuse.misc:

In article <ebohlmanDL3M0I.B2J@netcom.com>,
   ebohlman@netcom.com (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
bruceab@teleport.com
http://www.teleport.com/~bruceab