Law Student Web Forum: Free Speech Gone too Far?

The Xoxo Reader writes "Today's Washington Post carries a front-page article on the internet message board AutoAdmit (a.k.a. Xoxohth), which proclaims itself the "most prestigious law school discussion board in the world." The message board has recently come under fire for emphasizing a free speech policy that allows its users to discuss, criticize, and attack other law students and lawyers by name. Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?"

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Obvious metaphor?

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?

Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is slashdot trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the slashdot community?

*heh*

Re:Penny Arcade

[coleridge78]

Yes, because nobody ever, ever summed this up either seriously or amusingly before Penny Arcade.

That comic is a half-retarded rehash of years-old observations from people way smarter than the writers. Their few attempts at originality are too flat-out-stupid to be funny; they fail the old test of having a nugget of truth at the center to anchor the whole thing.