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City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website
Mike writes "In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind case, the Sheboygan city attorney ordered Jennifer Reisinger to remove a link to the city's police department from her Web site. The city went further, she claims, launching a criminal investigation of her for linking to the department on one of her sites, and in response she's suing the mayor and the city. 'The mayor decided to use his office to get back at Jennifer for her efforts in the recall and picked this to do it,' said her attorney, Paul Bucher. It appears this will go to court, and the question will be can a city (or any business or Web property) stop people from posting a link to its site?"
Still don't see the issue?
But it sure is bigoted, arrogant, and insulting to people who have mental problems.
Presuming, of course, that you believe the moon causes those mental problems.
Otherwise, words like that just don't carry the same sting they once did, making them basically useless.
Now racial epithets, there we have the real "punch" words in modern society. Of course, not just any racial epithets... Call someone a mick or a wetback, and no one bats an eyelash. Spick, chink, kike, pretty much the same, but generally not good to drop in polite company. But use any of the assorted names for black people, and watch the brains of everyone in the room reboot as they look around in a panic to see if any of "them" heard you.
Thus, the GP chose the powerful (if incorrect) term "racist" over the far weaker "insulting to people who have mental problems".
Otherwise, words like that just don't carry the same sting they once did, making them basically useless.
Speaking of useless, what is the difference between:
"Basically" is perhaps the most useless word in the English language. It is never needed, helpful, or useful. Watch how it's used and you'll see it never modifies meaning.
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so if you're a journalist going to report on it
Who's a journalist?