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Skriven 2006-07-19 10:58:00 av Robert E Starr JR (4802.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: I'm Gone
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 03:17:35 -0400, "Mac Breck"
<macthevorlon@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"Vorlonagent" <nojtspam@otfresno.com> wrote in message
>news:5ZOdnZbQQZX_SiDZnZ2dnUVZ_r-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>> <jmsatb5@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1153285953.917035.243200@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > The problem with killfiles is, of course, that when the system
>quotes
>> > messages, they get repeated.
>>
>> ....But if nobody answers this person, what happens?
>> Suppose the entire newsgroup decided to quit answering the offender's
>posts?
>> I'd make that sacrifice.  I'd hate to declare somebody "unmuutal" but
>if
>> it's him or you. I choose you.
>
>And if the offender keeps changing names?  I still say LMA's way
>(closing off registrations, i.e. no new people) is the only way to be
>sure.

Maybe there's another possibility. When I asked Paul whether he'd be
willing to refrain from making remarks about JMS on the moderated
group -- on the supposition that JMS isn't interested in making
unsolicited remarks about him -- he told me that he'd be glad to, but
that he didn't think the moderators and JMS would agree.

Conversely, Paul told Jay that he reserved the right to return if JMS
did the same.

I've seen too many newsgroups destroyed by this kind of battle.
Ganging up does no good, because it just forces the less powerful
person to preserve his honor by fighting back. And because you can't
do a very good job of controlling access to a newsgroup, you end up
with a mess reminiscent of the Middle East, or Londo and G'kar stuck
in the elevator.

There's a precedent for this in the decision of the moderators to cut
off the political threads when they spiraled out of control. It worked
very well in that case -- I mean, we Democrats have since voluntarily
refrained from continuing our battle for truth, justice, and the
American way, while the Republicans have voluntarily refrained from
arguing for all that is twisted, ugly, and hateful . . .

-- 
Josh

"I love it when I'm around the country club, and I hear people talking about
the debilitating
effects of a welfare society. At the same time, they leave their kids a
lifetime and beyond
of food stamps. Instead of having a welfare officer, they have a trust officer.
And instead
of food stamps, they have stocks and bonds."

- Warren Buffett
                                                                               
                                    
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