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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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  1. Jack Thompson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think this lawyer - Jack Thompson - is an arrogant ass. Discuss.

  2. Re:Obvious metaphor? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *heh*

    Don't be afraid to use the original "hehe". It's not going to make you sound like a baby. Relax, man. Saying "heh" just makes it sound like even you don't find yourself funny. Weird how this phenomenon started. Everybody used to be cool with hehe's and smiley faces of all kinds. Thesedays it seems the best people can muster is a stifled, pathetic "heh". Quite sad, really.

  3. Re:1997 called... by dave420 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Check out the HTML. You'd think they could do better.

  4. Re:When Free Speech goes to far by Muad'Dave · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    public void Ballmer(Developers developers) throws Chair

    Shouldn't that be:

    public void Ballmer(Developers developers) throws Chair, HissyFit, Perspiration ?

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    Tiller's Rule: Never use a word in written form that you've only heard and never read. You will end up looking foolish.
  5. Why do we care? by singingjim1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lawyers are the lowest form of life in the universe so who gives a shit if they trash each other on some worthless forum? They're just exercising their penchant to lie, cheat, and steal to prepare themselves for their careers. I wish they would just start killing each other instead of acting like the pussies they are by only saying bad things about each other. Then we'd really have something worth discussing and cheering for!