9/14    This reminds me of current handgun laws.  If someone feels threatened
        by someone's gun (even if it is holstered), the gun owner can be charged
        with ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON.  Now, I realize our situation isn't
        quite the same, yet something is funny about drastic actions being
        taken as soon as a _single person_ feels threated by words on his/her
        screen.  I don't want to live in a society made prisoner to its most ..
        timid members.  Get some balls people, no one is getting lynched.
        \_ No one's getting lynched, but people are getting death threats
           on their answering machines and bullet holes in their mosques.
           Normally I might agree with you, though.
        \_ hey, nerd.  you ever been in a fight?  No, slapping your
           nerd buddies with a slide rule doesn't count.
           \_ Yes.  You?
        \_ Bullshit.  Sofia had a damn good point.  People are buying
           guns.  The shit that was said here, if taken seriously, was
           dangerous and threatening.  I thought taking down the motd was
           a bad idea, until I read Sofia's and Dan's mail.  I'm still not
           sure it was the best idea, but the point had to be made that
           some comments are taken seriously by people who are already
           shitting bricks.
           \_ Is there someplace where I can read this email? Thanks.
        \_ Sofia had a legitimate fear and made it known to the officers.
           Whether the officers did the right thing is another matter.
           As has been stated numerous times already, the entries in the
           motd went far beyond "anti-arab sentiment offending many members"
           to what could only be called "hate speech" and "incitement
           to riot" and were actually advocating violence.
              \_ yeah, i was the one kicking your ass.
        \_ Actually, more than one person was threatened.  It would be pretty
           fucking callous of the politburo to forward every mail they
           received with complaints of this nature to csua@csua