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Subject: Re: When not to delete a post

Author: Don Dailey

Date: 11:43:08 07/09/98

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On July 09, 1998 at 14:05:50, Tim Mirabile wrote:

>On July 08, 1998 at 19:33:03, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On July 08, 1998 at 17:53:19, Don Prohaska wrote:
>>
>>>Not too long ago a certain person claimed that the addresses from ccc were given
>>>to a commercial entity and that entity then spammed the members of ccc. That
>>>person was wrong and was told he was wrong and he knew he was wrong. Later he
>>>gave this "wrong" information several times at rgcc. Now, are you telling me
>>>that a post like that can linger on? Why should falsehoods be allowed to live
>>>on? When it is read it can be believed as true. After all, not everyone has the
>>>time to check out all the messages on ccc. If you must leave falsehoods on ccc,
>>>I suggest that a note be apended stating that the comments have proven false!
>>>This BS that everything be permitted is crazy. PERIOD!
>>
>>Yes, there are a lot of ugly things that can happen.  Perhaps this is how the
>>post I refer to was viewed.
>
>I think we are all being careful about what to delete, and for good reason.
>
>It would be a really bad idea to start deleting unpopular opinions just because
>the majority thinks those opinions are wrong.  If someone makes a factual error,
>he can simply be corrected in a followup post.  If someone has an unpopular
>opinion, someone will surely followup with a counter argument.  But if we start
>to delete unpopular views because we fear that others might beleive them, we are
>in big trouble.

We are only interested in deleting direct personal attacks.  Factual
errors are ok.  And opinions are welcome, even if not popular.

- Don




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