Before you type a vitriolic response to some fool's post, check this out...

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/internet-slanging-match-ends-up-in-high-court/2006/03/23/1143083906475.html

The gist is that a British judge awarded 10,000 pounds plus legal fees to a man who was evidently the subject of name calling on a yahoo message board. The man, a Michael Keith-Smith, was running for parliament.

There were only 100 members on the message board, according to the article, which I find interesting given the sum that was awarded.

I wonder if verdicts like this will have a greater effect in keeping things clean, or if they mean that in th future heated debate on the Internet will be primarily for those who have no money to lose.

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Ralph

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