It permits individuals to post nasty, caustic remarks if they wish to expose their ignorance and lack of culture. But the alternative, censorship, is worse. This is sort of like our democratic society in miniature. We installed three experimental message boards and let the users vote on them. Turned down were programs powered by Amazing Forums and Message Friends .
People seem to have made the transition to the new board with little pain.
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