I am a regular visitor to Rediff and especially to the sports section. But I see too much abusive language and hatred here in the recent past. I understand that most of the writers are very young and hence are easily excitable. Many of them lack the maturity to participate in public discussions. By spreading hatred against particular communities/countries they are affecting the impressionable minds of other young people. Reading some of the messages it is hard to believe that India once taught non-violence and tolerance to the entire world.
I also strongly feel that the Rediff's new discussion-board policy is wrong. Previously, as I understood, a staff read each message before it was released. Now anything, including the vilest of abuses is getting through with a tag "report abuse". Even after someone reports abuse the message is only superficially hidden "reported for abuse.....VIEW MESSAGE". This is in fact adding to people's curiosity of viewing the message. An abusive message is being permanently removed only after a long time lag - by that time the damage has been done. Why can't you people scan the messages before releasing it like you did before? I fear things will go out of control if the policy is not reviewed immediately.
