Text 39141, 64 rader
Skriven 2006-09-18 18:03:42 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
  Kommentar till text 39139 av WAYNE CHIRNSIDE (1:123/140)
Ärende: terrorism
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Hello WAYNE!

18 Sep 06 17:40, you wrote to THE REAL MODERATOR:

 TRM>> I urge you to take this crap elsewhere. It's not wanted here.
 TRM>> It's more fitting for a political echo, such as POL-INC.

 WC> Fine.
 WC> I apologize.

You were told this by a few others, not including me, were you being dense?

 WC> I did *ask* what the echo rules were upon arrival.
 WC> Where was you then ( rhetorical)

Not every echo has a rule file, then again not every echo you enter is a
political debate echo either.

 WC> I was given a brief on the echo but it appears to have been
 WC> inaccurate.

Its called FIDONEWS...

Technically its to discuss the FIDONEWS. The Fidonews is a weekly newsletter
regarding Fidonet.

For the past several years, its been where sysops of the network come to
"strongly disagree" (See Forstrom, trying to keep you happy).

If we arent doing so in here, we are doing so in echoes you cant access.

 WC> Who was the fraudulent mod not that I expect an answer to that.
 WC> TIA

There is strong disagreement as to who that is, the echolist shows Shannon
Talley to be the moderator of record, but Fidonet Sysops, most of the vocal
ones, outside of North America refuse to acknowledge the Echolist as having any
meaning or authority. Traditionally for this echo at least, the Fidonews Editor
served as this echoes moderator, but he let the echolisting expire (renewal is
req every 6 months).

Jack Yates discovered this and listed the echo, too which Bjorn Felten decided
to elist Jacks private hub admin echo, eventually Jack gave the elisting of
Fidonews to Shannon.

So who the moderator is, is really a subjective question. Ergo it depends on
who you ask. Given the rift that exists between North American Sysops and the
European ones, this question will never be settled. In Fidonets heyday, North
America (Z1) was larger than the other 5 Zones, or at least larger than the
other 5 individually. It seems we here in Z1 imposed our will unto them a
little bit too strongly. The roles have reversed with Z2 (Europe) being the
largest and they want their revenge.

Point is, this is not a political debate echo, you have plenty of outlets for
your stuff. Not in here.

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