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Benedejcic says he sometimes participates in "flame wars" over the IRC, which is an interactive war, much like "having an argument with somebody, but he or she cannot physically strike you when you get abusive," Benedejcic says...
...white flame of a candle mantles its wings and burns...
...flame someone online can the online service be held responsible? That's the issue being decided in New York's State Supreme Court. A Long Island financial firm, Stratton Oakmont, sued Prodigy -- one of theonline world's Big Three-- claiming that it was unfairly accused of fraud on a Prodigy bulletin board. Prodigy, like other online service providers have always said they're simply a communications conduit -- much like a phone company -- and have claimed that they're not responsible for what their customers post. "Liability," says Kent Stuckey, general counsel of Compuserve, "could present a chilling effect...
...undeserved reputation for fine writing. Perhaps to confront this slur head-on, he throws in some undeniably lavender flourishes on page 5 of his new best seller, Dixie City Jam (Hyperion; 367 pages; $22.95). "The wind was hot and sere," he reports. And "the sun looked like a white flame trapped inside the dead water." And "an occasional fork of lightning, like silver threads trembling inside the clouds." It's a weather bulletin delivered by choiring angels...
...that case, pity the commissioners who must decide. Claims Schroeder: "There is no compromise on this issue." Louisiana Senator John Breaux, a conservative Catholic Democrat, maintains that "it can be worked out." At the moment, most people on the Hill seem to agree with Breaux. But if passions flame higher, America's most contentious issue could become a health-care deal breaker...