>We've witnessed similar reactions here; notably, the time Tracy Quan's
>statements (forwarded by Doug) attracted moral outrage mortar fire and
>when the publishers of $pread Magazine were described as not knowing
>the meaning of freedom. Accused, in other words, of mistaking the
>vilest form of servitude *for* freedom.
As I remember, more people were booted from lbotalk during that thread than any other time in the history of the list.