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[goin fishn]

Hi Alea

Well reasoned, and useful post on your part. I knew that Fish's thoughts would strike a chord in you. But, I meant to make a different point.

I think that what we have seen here today is an attempt to control the speech and thoughts of others. When the parties participating in a debate turn to name calling and derision, or to non-sensical posts for the purpose of derailing an exchange of ideas, that is censorship in another form. It uses social ostracism as it's method of enforcement.

It's interesting to me that the political debate in this country relies so much on this type of censorship. If you fail to say the correct terms/ideas, the ostracism police charge with batons drawn-and the attempts to embarsss the offending individual begin. That's why I don't mind the occasional removal of a post on any board, and why I don't buy into the "free speech" mantra on the "Bob."

It's too bad, really. We are far more alike than different in America. We all believe in our country, we just think we have different paths to it's success.