The essay "The Growing Cowardice of Online Anonymity" by Richard Bernstein talks about the wave of anonymous comments made possible by the internet. Bernstein said that JuicyCampus.com has become a virtual bathroom wall upon which college students across the country scrawl slurs, smears, and secrets, true or otherwise, about their classmates. Bernstein gives an example that one day the site asked for replies to the question: who are the sluttiest girls at Cornell? Quickly, there were forty-seven postings in response, several of it gave names, apparently real ones. The internet is making anonymous trash-talk possible and "freedom of speech" is crossing the line. Many people post racial comments such as are there any black guys who are jocks but intelligent at the same time?
             The State of New Jersey is investigating JucyCampus for consumer fraud on the grounds that it promises in its terms and condition that no offensive content will be allowed on the site.
             Bernstein's gives solid examples of how the freedom of anonymity can sometimes allow people to cross the line into offending and slandering others. In the past, anonymity was required in order to protect a person's identity. Bernstein said "One (change) was the decision of the publisher Random House a few years ago to publish the novella Primary Colors, the best-selling satire of Bill Clinton by Anonymous" (Bernstein, 352). The novella was published anonymously in order to protect the author's identity.
             Today, many people are using anonymity as a tool to insult, talk bad about others, and discriminate. Where are the racial laws? Seems like that these laws can't be used if someone is discriminating other races on the internet. There is no consideration about anyone asking on JucyCampus according with Bernstein "Are there any black guys who aren't dumb jocks?" (Bernstein, 351). This is a racial issue that seems insurmountable. In...