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Skriven 2007-02-19 12:08:00 av PETER COGGON
     Kommentar till en text av THOM LACOSTA
Ärende: Offensive Topics
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Thank you so much Thom for answering my question....

 -=> Quoting Thom Lacosta to Peter Coggon <=-

 TL> PETER COGGON wrote in a message to ALL:
 
 PC> Just wondering, and I have heard all the arguements on
 PC> "Freedom of Speech" etc... I wonder where the notion
 PC> came about topics not to chat about, or type on 
 PC> packet radio.
 
 PC> Did find 1million plus sites that suggest, that hammies
 PC> not talk about or packet on topics such as "Politics"
 PC> "Religion"  "Race" and "Sex".

 TL> Back when I started, all of those topics were avoided, 
 TL> regardless of mode. I think the premise was that it 
 TL> was too easy to have these things get in the way of 
 TL> other communications.

   I  still think the same as you, and it is just good manners
but in packet lately there has beem ...well it started as a
comment, and degraded into those topics being okay, supported
by "Freedom of Speech" and quotes from mail oone of them got
from Australian and Canadian government departments, and
then degressed in rude comments.

 TL> I still see that behavior in many of the ham related mailing
 TL> lists....and as soon as the political or religious things 
 TL> show up, the list becomes very disfunctional.

   Exactly.   Agreed.   The last message from one person on
packet was 21k in length, and I knew at that point, to ignore
him and the topic.   He didn't like my opinion or the Ozzie's
viewpoint, which I supported....and it was amazing just how
many commented  ..the silent majority remained silent.
Just OZ and CAN  against UK.


 TL> 73,
 TL> thom - k3hrn
 TL> http://www.zerobeat.net/ 
 TL> -!- GEcho 1.20/Pro
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  73 to you too   Peter <--= VE3WBZ


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