Well, wouldn't ya know it, but we got more letters! The cool thing is (and this is really, truly what makes me love my job) is that, regardless of which side of the issue they were on, each letter was well-written, well-considered, and polite. Somehow, in a publication dedicated to technical information on Palm devices, we managed to spark a discussion on free speech, the Internet, morality, and much more.

It does fascinate me that we can reach people like this. And it thrills me that we've got such a good, intelligent, decent audience that when we do spark discussion, we get back reasoned thoughts. The Internet can definitely be a wonderful communications vehicle and a way to bring people together to address some tough issues.

PalmPower will continue to cover whatever we feel is newsworthy and reasonable for our readers, but always with consideration of what's appropriate for the mission of the publication. Although a morality discussion is quite far afield for PalmPower, we've decided to reprint those letters here. They're from real people who took the time out to share real concerns and do it with decency and thought.

One final note: Please limit all further discussion on this topic to the PowerBoards. There's a link at the end of this article that'll get you there. We are, after all, a technical publication. -- David Gewirtz

And now...here are the letters...

Adding more fuel to the fire
David, I've been a Piloteer from the start, ever since I bought my Pilot 5000 in May 1996. The news item that Mr. McConnell wishes to censor is nothing new.

For example, the now-defunct PEZ (at http://www.fidalgo.net/~ram/) was established in December of 1996. L0pht Heavy Industries' venerable "HairyPalm" (dowloadable directly from http://www.l0pht.com/~kingpin/HairyPalm.zip) has been around since October, 1997. There are others, but I think this proves my point.