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With the growing popularity of the Internet there have been numerous concerns as to whether or not certain views should be allowed to appear on the net. “Hate Mail”, as they are commonly called, has been increasingly more common on many chat forums. While re ....

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.... to any white supremacy group to come and exterminate them. Should these people have the right to say these things? Concerns such as these have led many to demand that hate material be removed from the net. Some Internet Service Providers are already starting to block access to sites they see as harboring extreme material. Why is this happening? Have we all lost the ability to reason for ourselves? People are quite capable of making up their own minds about what they read or see on the net. Freedom of speech is often misunderstood to be a gift to crackpots, racists, or demagogues. But the truth is the opposite. The people who are really empowere ....