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The Owl - 2011-02-20

This article (link below) mirrors comments that we read at times on this Forum about the behavior of internet posters.

"While the cloud spurs some people to reach for the stars, delighting in freedom of expression, it seduces others to sprawl in the gutter, abusing freedom of expression."

She quotes Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic: "[...] when he started his online book review he forbade comments, wary of high-tech sociopaths. Im not interested in having the sewer appear on my site,

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/20/opinion/20dowd.html?_r=1&hp
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