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Originally Posted by mfblume
There are many things people say that they later retract, since they know they were wrong in saying them in a spirit of anger. And they are acting rightly when they do take their words back. So in forums, this should still be allowed as well. I am not against deleting posts at all. All of us have said things that were said in a spirit of anger verbally, and we requested those to whom we spoke please forget we said them.
Courts of law have witnesses speak words that the judge requests the jury to strike from their records.
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We cannot retract words said. You say we can, but it's impossible to do. Words hurt and they can even kill.
We can apologize for what we said, but to delete them and ask the people reading to forget about it, well, that just doesn't happen.
Even in a court of law, lawyers know that even though the words will get stricken from the record, once they are spoken and the jury hears, those words are still taken into consideration.
The record might not bear it, but their ears heard it all.....and that's what matters.