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Subject: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" Author: Dennis [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 06:52:08 06/17/03 Tue Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points memo is attached. I just want to highlight parts of it. [with a couple of editorial comments] "... The reason these net people get away with all kinds of stuff is that they work for no one. They put stuff up with no restraints ... "So all over the country, we have people posting the most vile stuff imaginable, hiding behind high tech capabilities. Sometimes the violators are punished, but most are not ... "...creeps gossiping about celebrities [and even small-town public officials] in the crudest of ways ... "The Internet has become a sewer of slander and libel, an unpatrolled polluted waterway, where just about anything goes." "... big corporations [and people who identify themselves!] are big targets. If they misbehave, they can be sued for big bucks. These small time hit and run operators on the net, however, can traffic in perversity and falsehoods all day long with impunity. It's almost impossible to rein them in." --- I get kidded by Warren about how our rules diminish feedback. But that's okay by me. The alternative is to put up with the way the internet is becoming, as Mr. O'Reilly describes it in the attached. No, thanks! Not a game I care to play. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" Dennis 06:58:57 06/17/03 Tue So this week's DWR topic is the Internet? ML Starkey 10:52:17 06/17/03 Tue Re: So this week's DWR topic is the Internet? -- Dennis, 16:45:52 06/17/03 Tue Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" Kelly 16:04:35 06/17/03 Tue Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Dennis, 17:04:38 06/17/03 Tue Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Kelly, 06:39:59 06/19/03 Thu Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Dennis, 08:48:15 06/20/03 Fri Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Kelly, 09:27:01 06/20/03 Fri Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Karen, 09:55:47 06/20/03 Fri Re: In Defense of Our "Four Simple Rules" -- Kelly, 18:24:23 06/21/03 Sat