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Old Apr 22, 2004 | 3:28 am
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Originally Posted by FWAAA
If your interpretation is correct, then FlyerTalkers must speak respectfully of all complete wastes of flesh, including Osama bin Laden and other worthless trash. Others might seek to extend the protection to dead trash like Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin and others.
FWAAA, do you realize the damage that such a policy could cause?

If a poster wished to state something negative about someone -- be it Hitler, Bush, Kerry, or the Pope -- he would be required to make his case factually.

It would no longer be enough to misrepresent history and/or current events. "Information" gleaned from extremist right and leftwing websites would have to have their sources identified. In turn, others wishing to debate such information would be forced to provide facts (and sources of facts) to back up what they were saying.

Before long, Omni would turn into an area with intelligent debates, leaving the blind idealogues out in the cold with no place to spew their invectives. This would no longer be the Omni we all know and love!
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