Even so, they also weren't the extreme social outcasts and loners depicted in the early days of media coverage.

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It's getting harder to paint the Net as an exclusive domain for geeks, social outcasts, libertarians and hate groups.

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Ethnically distinct from Somalis, the Somali Bantu have always been social outcasts.

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The punishment is usually a social sanction where women who join in the spirit of competition are actually outcasts.

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