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"C. Harald Koch" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I'm reminded of a Prodigy episode. Remember, they were actively filtering
> messages for "indencent content".  Everyone applauded until the day someone
> decided that the word "breast" was indecent, and suddenly there was no
> discussion happening in the Forum for supporting sufferrers of Breast Cancer.

Something similar may have happened at Prodigy; but the one that springs
to mind for me is when America OnLine decided 'breast' was not an appropriate
word for member profiles or chat rooms, and zapped a bunch of users in a
Breast Cancer Survivors forum on AOL.

  <http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,29,00.html>

--Jered
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