Author: Mark Young
Date: 11:20:00 05/31/98
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On May 31, 1998 at 11:18:58, Keith Ian Price wrote: >On May 31, 1998 at 08:01:58, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: > >>On May 31, 1998 at 03:56:33, Don Dailey wrote: >> >>>On May 30, 1998 at 17:30:41, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>> >>>>On May 30, 1998 at 15:18:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>what probably happened is our resident 12-year-old Sean visited Ed's >>>>>web site, and signed up, and forgot about it. As usual, he likes to >>>>>make >>>>>wild claims with no basis in fact. IE the first outcry from him was >>>>>that >>>>>his post had been deleted... when in fact, it was simple operator >>>>>ignorance >>>>>on his part as to how messages are grouped. No retraction from him, of >>>>>course. >>>>> >>>>>My inclination would be to delete this entire thread, as it does not >>>>>belong >>>>>here... >>>> >>>>Agreed. Tim, please? >>>> >>>>Enrique >>> >>> >>>Sorry to disagree, but I believe the thread is ok and (sort of) >>>does belong here. The email was strong but sincere I believe. >>>If it starts getting "hateful" and nasty by all means delete it! >>>The guy was just expressing his feelings and opinions on a computer >>>chess related issue. We've certainly tolerated a lot worse in >>>my opinion. >>> >>>I don't agree with his sentiment though. I got the email from >>>Ed and was not upset in the least. He has a right to advertise. >>>Even if Ed picked names from CCC (which is possible for anyone to do) >>>I would not fault him for this. The names are available and the >>>subject was computer chess. But as it is, he did not even get the >>>names this way. >> >>I don't see it as a problem of being or not on topic, but as a direct >>personal attack. As such I don't think it should be accepted in CCC, and >>even less when it is not the first time the same person comes with this >>sort of posts. Avoiding personal attacks was our first priority when we >>created CCC. >> >>Enrique > >While I agree with you that it is a personal attack, I think that the >complaint must come from the person attacked before moderation is >considered. Since Ed has chosen to answer him politely, I believe the >message should stand, as Sean's intended result has been turned on him, >and Ed looks better due to his politeness in responding to such a >provocation. If Sean continues to post antagonistic posts for the >apparent sole purpose of crowing about it in rgcc, then other action >might be considered, but for now, I don't believe the message should be >deleted. > >kp -------------------- I agree. Ed answered the post in the right way. He needed no help from moderators. The result is Sean has stopped, and Sean can not say that Ed or CCC was unfair to him.
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