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To: jbe who wrote (5241)	5/3/1999 12:27:00 AM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 32932

Hatred in two parts or The impersonal and contrived Thanks for this chuckle <<(The same goes for James and his allegedly anti-black message.)>> We have covered so many topics on SI through the years that as a community we have learned much about what makes us tick. Discussions have ranged freely about the set of rules we live under, here on SI. Chuzzlewit is certainly right about Emile being puntable. SI Admin(Bob) and Jill have demonstrated this punting ability to me, numerous times. The slope is really not slippery at all. The slope is a fraction expressed as the number of EV's divided by the rest of the community, no easy walk but a continual uphill grade. We are not peaceable, but by choice. Offense is always as near as the next post, what we have to do is measure the weight of the offender against the cause we wish to defend. Penni is right, Emile should be ignored. We have to choose our enemies wisely Lest we are defined by hate... One of the best things about SI is that we, as a community, are defined by tolerance. Tolerance for the real, the unfeigned. We have an inexhaustible appetite for truth and beauty. We have been known to watch the occasional sit-com. We read a lot. Some of us write. Our Beloved SI It is ours, we are it

To: jbe who wrote (5241)	5/3/1999 9:31:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32932

JBE, excellent post to follow an excellent post by Graystone (and others), re how to deal with prejudice and hatred on SI. Figured I'd take a crack at it... One way is to ban it outright: Pictures or text advocating prejudice or discrimination against any race, color, national origin, religion, disability or handicap, gender, or sexual orientation. Any picture or text that elevates one group over another. Also includes intolerant jokes or slurs. sonicsys.com IMO, this should be strictly enforced on all threads not specifically created to discuss such issues. This should pretty much cover all the threads expect a few in the Coffee Shop. The issue now becomes one of expression versus preaching. Expression is OK. Preaching is not, IMO. I define "expression" as saying how you feel and/or defending why you feel a certain way. I define "preaching" as going out of your way to express yourself or trying to force your opinion on others. I also feel that while starting a thread entitled "Why Green people are ruining our society" is protected free speech, it's not the type of speech I want to see on SI and not the type of person I'd like to be associated with as a member of SI. Let that person go start their own web site to preach hatred. The line gets blurred a bit when discussing racially sensitive topics such as the war in Yugoslavia. It's human nature to take sides. For example, it's OK, IMO, to express an opinion that the Serbs have committed atrocities that must be stopped. It's not OK to preach that Serbs are inherently evil people. Yes, it's a fine line between expression and preaching. Yes, different people may draw the line in different places. But, yes, a line does have to be enforced because prejudice and hatred should never be taken lightly. - Jeff