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Obviousman


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http://www.usm.edu/pr/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=637&Itemid=2

Be careful what you post is not considered "threatening" by SFT. Notice that it is the University Police who are involved in finding the threat.

The Virginia Tech horrors are going to be abused in ways similar to that W has abused 9/11 terrorism concerns to reduce liberty and go after those who don't agree.

OM

prayers with the families caught up in the insanity caused by one deranged individual in Blacksburg.

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The administration of this board has been as vigilant as possible in identifying and removing questionable material, though our focus has been towards libelous material, and in one instance, removing some information about faculty members' children.  We would have notified University authorities had there been cause for alarm.

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ram


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This is a tough situation.  In my mind, there can be no question but that the Virginia Tech situation has caused heightened sensitivity even way down here in Hattiesburg.

Here's the WDAM link:  http://www.wdam.com/Global/story.asp?S=6388875

And the HA:  http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070419/NEWS01/704190303

And the pertinent Myspace: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=45460712

I expect we are going to see an evolving definition of "threats" over the next little while. (How's that for obvious, OM?)

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There is no more "way down here," and hasn't been for a long time.

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ram


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Hmmm.  I guess my tongue wasn't quite far enough into my cheek.

Since I just drove it two weeks ago, I do think Blacksburg is a pretty good ways away. On the other hand, I talked with a friend in Christiansburg this morning, so in that sense, we are close.

There are different kinds of distance, aren't there?  Some folks say you go a long way from Canebrake to Purvis, although you never leave Lamar County.

But you are right: the ways in which we are close to those at Virginia Tech should be more important than the ways in which we might be distant.



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