Comments on: Anonymity and the Internet: A Love/Hate Story http://surprisinglyfree.com/2009/11/05/anonymity-and-the-internet-a-lovehate-story/ Surprisingly Free is the site of the Technology Policy Program of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Here you'll find our blog and weekly podcast at the intersection of tech, policy, and economics. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:52:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Curt Morgan http://surprisinglyfree.com/2009/11/05/anonymity-and-the-internet-a-lovehate-story/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Curt Morgan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:29:09 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=576#comment-70 "And finally, learning how to take cruelty may just be part of partaking in the internet culture."<br><br>My generation learned, in grammar school, that "sticks and stones break bones, but words will never hurt us". Calls for "controlling hate" on the Internet aapprently come from folks living a genteel, coddled existence far from reality's ugly rough-and-tumble. And one person's "hate" is another person's insightful commentary. Casting the Internet as a purveyor of hate is a stalking horse for censorship and control - period. “And finally, learning how to take cruelty may just be part of partaking in the internet culture.”

My generation learned, in grammar school, that “sticks and stones break bones, but words will never hurt us”. Calls for “controlling hate” on the Internet aapprently come from folks living a genteel, coddled existence far from reality's ugly rough-and-tumble. And one person's “hate” is another person's insightful commentary. Casting the Internet as a purveyor of hate is a stalking horse for censorship and control – period.

]]> By: Curt Morgan http://surprisinglyfree.com/2009/11/05/anonymity-and-the-internet-a-lovehate-story/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Curt Morgan Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:14:38 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=576#comment-69 "And finally, learning how to take cruelty may just be part of partaking in the internet culture."<br><br>My generation learned, in grammar school, that "sticks and stones break bones, but words will never hurt us". Calls for "controlling hate" on the Internet aapprently come from folks living a genteel, coddled existence far from reality's ugly rough-and-tumble. And one person's "hate" is another person's insightful commentary. Casting the Internet as a purveyor of hate is a stalking horse for censorship and control - period. “And finally, learning how to take cruelty may just be part of partaking in the internet culture.”

My generation learned, in grammar school, that “sticks and stones break bones, but words will never hurt us”. Calls for “controlling hate” on the Internet aapprently come from folks living a genteel, coddled existence far from reality's ugly rough-and-tumble. And one person's “hate” is another person's insightful commentary. Casting the Internet as a purveyor of hate is a stalking horse for censorship and control – period.

]]> By: Changing the Incentive for Anonymity Online : Michael Fertik - Internet entrepreneur and CEO of ReputationDefender http://surprisinglyfree.com/2009/11/05/anonymity-and-the-internet-a-lovehate-story/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Changing the Incentive for Anonymity Online : Michael Fertik - Internet entrepreneur and CEO of ReputationDefender Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:49 +0000 http://surprisinglyfree.com/?p=576#comment-63 [...] on all sides. Recently, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch pondered this issue in a well-written post for Surprisingly Free, the blog of the Mercatus Center at George Mason [...] [...] on all sides. Recently, Stefanie Haeffele-Balch pondered this issue in a well-written post for Surprisingly Free, the blog of the Mercatus Center at George Mason [...]

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