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2012-05-10 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by Steve White 2012-05-10 13:09|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 I keep going back and forth on this. Consider, for example, banning racial epithets. Sounds like the decent thing to do, but there are problems. The new words start to take on the meaning of the banned words. Also, you get a slippery slope leading to political correctness (social Marxism). So maybe it isn't such a good idea after all?

Flag burning is another example. Best suggestion, BTW, I have ever heard for this issue: accept the idea that symbolic speech is speech, and give that speech a legal meaning. In this case, define the burning of a US flag as an affirmative statement rescinding your US citizenship.

Anyway, I think Orwell was onto something with Newspeak, but at the same time I wonder if changing words really does change ideas in the long run. Don't know.

Posted by Iblis 2012-05-10 14:06|| 2012-05-10 14:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Not ban, but declare it's members outlaws (no protection from the state).

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-05-10 23:32|| 2012-05-10 23:32|| Front Page Top

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