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Comments on: Top Chinese university weighs a ban on swearing online

Beijing University, one of China's top academic institutions, is considering a rule to ban its students form using obscenity or spreading rumors online, Xinhua reports. Rules may also affect faculty.

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by georgiarat March 18, 2008 4:51 PM PDT
Too bad we cannot do the same here. It is not banning thought, it is returning civility to the discussion.
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by William Crow March 18, 2008 5:02 PM PDT
The Chinese in this case sound like Baptists or Democrats.
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by appledogx--2008 March 18, 2008 6:49 PM PDT
Moral guidance from a totalitarian state? Sounds like they need more of a free exchange of ideas than more control by the benevolent state. When governments concentrate on controlling every aspect of life, they become a hinderance to the society they "serve". Civility? Yes, we need more of it everywhere, but not by force.
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