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Thanks for the article.

What did it take to pressure GoDaddy to drop the site? A joint effort by parents, students, school administrators and the Maryland Attorney General brought sufficient pressure on the GoDaddy Group and the “People’s Dirt” advertisers.

Whether protecting kids from physical bullying or cyberbullying, that pressure grouping is always necessary to stop bullies at school or online.

Every society or community limits complete free speech because of a more important value: The balance necessary to maintain the strong sense of community that enables the people to live together peacefully. Neither end of the scale – complete free speech or complete censorship and repression – yields a society worth living in. Some form of compromise, some balancing of individual and communal desires and needs is always reached in communities that move ahead amicably. For example, we agree not to yell “fire” in a crowd and not to incite people to riot.

Stopping harassment, bullying and abuse; slander and defamation; public trash-talk, threats of killing, racial slurs and claims of promiscuity is more important that total free speech.

Disclosure: I’m the author of the books and CDs “How to Stop Bullies in Their Tracks,” and “Parenting Bully-Proof Kids.” See my web site and blog at BulliesBeGone (http://.BulliesBeGone.com). Or Twitter @BulliesBeGone.