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To: Chena
"Anyhow, it was just my opinion that JR should defend himself, in person, since he is the owner of this website."

Why? So BOR can call him a liar like you just did? FR is not a hate site....never was a hate site and yet you defend those that would defame it using the same logic that they do.

What exactly do you think you are going to gain from this smack in the face? ...Some sort of authoritarian school rush or maybe you just want to apply for the moderator job?

980 posted on 08/20/2007 11:19:52 PM PDT by Earthdweller (All reality is based on faith in something. (Fred/Newt '08))
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To: Earthdweller

I never said that FR is a “hate site”. My definition of a “hate site” is a site where hatred and horrible comments are common-place, accepted and encouraged. Can you not see the difference between a “hate site” and a website that does have occasional, hateful comments posted? Some are deleted, others remain. I’m not privvy to the decisions of which ones should be allowed to stand. I don’t think anyone should expect an online forum to never have any hate-filled comments. FR has wackos just like every other online forum. Do you honestly disagree with that?


981 posted on 08/20/2007 11:25:32 PM PDT by Chena (If you're not fair and balanced it's highly possible that you're unbalanced.)
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To: Earthdweller

I think the obvious thing is that all web sites will have some hate speech and it’s hard to compare the amount of hate speech between web sites, since not all hate speech involves profanities. It can be more subtle than that. So clearly, if BOR wants to find some off color comments on FR, he will be able to. Proving a negative(”there’s very little hate speech on FR”) is hard. Proving a positive(”there is hate speech on FR”) is easy.


1,038 posted on 08/21/2007 6:17:32 AM PDT by hobohono48
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