At 2:01 PM -0500 10/10/01, Mike Scoles wrote:
>As someone else has pointed out, there is a difference between discussing and
>promoting a religious belief or political position.  But, in all honesty, I
>would not want to have our staff making the judgement if it was a close call.
>In fact, I came close to making a joke about one of this state's
>politicians in
>my last post, but thought better of it.

Of course, if one of your state's politicians _is_ a joke (like ours), does
this become a statement of fact rather than a political opinion?
Again, this sort of thing can be hard to operationalize.
There's always the clear and present danger that the definition hinges on
the popularity of the statement.

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