Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP (Michael Ellis) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Hate Mongering & the Public Forum Message-ID: <154@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Jul-83 04:09:17 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.154 Posted: Mon Jul 11 04:09:17 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Jul-83 06:45:59 EDT References: ihuxi.468 Lines: 11 There are many ways to abuse a public forum, some of them relatively harmless - such as childish use of obscenites, etc. - some of them potentially dangerous - such as using terms that categorize a group of human beings as beneath respect. When a community allows language in the second category to persist, it has become the voice of hate, a breeding ground for the Hitler's of the future. Michael Ellis - Fairchild AI Lab - Palo Alto CA - (415) 321-0990