steve duffy writes:
<<i happen to think that people need to be exposed to that which they would
not necessarily seek, to topics and points of view that are perhaps strange
or irritating.>>
I grew up among people who believed they had the right & duty to tell you
their point of view. For your own good of course. It had the stink of moral
superiority then & it still has it now.
<<i think that to routinely filter out contrary opinions is dangerous - it's
not my idea of democracy [or freedom].>>
Exactly which "contrary opinions" have been "filter[ed] out"? Kent was
invited to post the material he wanted to post according to an established
set of guidelines to which he just last week assented.
jd
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