Author: margolies,marc
Date: 18:15:33 05/07/04
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mr gates, you are correct to say there is a lot disgusting things said there. but you are extravagant to say that being tolerant of intolerable opinions is 'intolerant.' racism is not protected there. in fact it is challenged as often as possible by good people. hiding meaningful discourse, allowing bad ideas to fester instead of confronting them is a greater offense to our love of each other. "sunlight is the greatest disinfectant in a democracy." <famous jurist> On May 07, 2004 at 20:34:34, Robert C Gates wrote: >On May 07, 2004 at 18:19:34, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>When a I talk of total tolerance I talk of opinion, no of material breaches to >>privacy as the ones you put as example. >>I also say to you, my friend, that two minutes are not enough to measure that >>forum. In two minutes you just will be punished by what is only the enveloppe, >>the style, the harsness and I can understand that as such it is not pleasant, >>but behind that you can get many pieces opf good, even bright reasonning. >>There are lot of very bright people writting there, me excluded of course. >>Some are very funny, other very serious, other very insulting, but even the >>worst sinner show here and there a piece of argument worthy of consderation. >>I invite you to make the expfrience to read from top to bottom half a dozen of >>posts of the most diverse issues and you will see what I say to you, promised. >>Fernando > > >As an African American member i find the Post there extremely racist and >insulting. Like the one by Michael cummings or timothy about blacks being more >prone to crime then mexicans ect,. Perhaps the board should be renamed to White >Aryan Brotherhood message board instead of chess thinkers forum. As far as i am >concerned if you are defending this board then you support it's racism and >intolerance.
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