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As far as deleting "hatred" on DV, we need to define our terms a bit. I'm Ok with "hate crimes" being dealt with (depending on what you mean by that), but it's DV, and if [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf"]you're talking about deleting brutal flames just because they hurt someone's feelings then I think you're dead wrong. Bickering and flames is part of what made DV so special.[/FONT]
[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN lang=EN-CA]I don't know if you got this on your news in the [?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /][st1:country-region w:st="on"]USA[/st1:country-region], but recently in [st1:State w:st="on"][st1:place w:st="on"]Ontario[/st1:place][/st1:State] 4 students were expelled and 20 were suspended because they posted derogatory and insulting comments about two teachers. The school said the comments were hurtful for the teachers, probably in the same way you described "brutal flames" that "hurt someone's feelings." [?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]
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[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN lang=EN-CA]The RCMP tracked down the students who set up the phoney teacher pages and those who posted comments, even though they used pseudonyms, so the cops were involved even though it is "just the Internet" and not real life.[/SPAN]
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[SPAN lang=EN-CA]It has taken time for people to adjust to what online actions mean in the "real world." [/SPAN][SPAN lang=EN-CA][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]
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[SPAN lang=EN-CA]"We're getting to the point where we're saying, doing something on the Internet doesn't make it any less improper," he said. "If I commit a fraud via the Internet, that's a fraud. If I defame someone on the Internet, that's defamatory. If I do anything electronically, it makes no difference, it's still criminal."[/SPAN][SPAN lang=EN-CA][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]
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[SPAN lang=EN-CA]And now we're starting to say, 'What about the people who run the Internet [i.e., DV]? What kind of responsibility do they have?"[/SPAN][SPAN lang=EN-CA][o:p][/o:p][/SPAN]
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[P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"][SPAN lang=EN-CA][/SPAN][SPAN lang=EN-CA]So if people believe there are posts and threads on DV signalling them out in negative and hurtful ways, you're saying the moderators and the web-site admins should do nothing even if the posts and threads have the potential of being criminally defamatory or the people being "brutally flamed" request the posts and threads be deleted?
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