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Subject: Re: Moderation Action

Author: F. Huber

Date: 02:22:46 12/22/03

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On December 21, 2003 at 20:21:53, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On December 21, 2003 at 16:36:28, F. Huber wrote:
>
>>On December 21, 2003 at 13:48:51, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>The CCC Moderators have voted affirmatively to permanently ban:
>>>
>>>"John Niggapleze"
>>>
>>>Reason:  The handle is clearly racist and is meant to intimidate and cause harm
>>>to our black members which violates our charter. CCC is inclusive and not
>>>exclusive,  everyone is welcome to join CCC regardless of race, religion, and
>>>whatever else differentiates us from one another.
>>
>>Sorry Mike,
>>
>>I know that this isn´t my problem at all, but I´m just curious:
>>
>>Did you really check, if this isn´t his _true_ name?
>>Do you have an absolutely sure prove of it?
>>
>>Because if _not_, then _your_ ´action´ would be ´clearly racist´ in my opinion,
>>and also contradict the last two lines of your posting above.
>>(doesn´t this include ´regardless of name´ also?)
>>
>>Franz.
>
>Franz,
>
>I search the name "Niggapleze" - as far as I tell, that was not not valid name.
>The poster is from the US, I am sure that is not vaild name in the US.  I
>searched his e-mail address , and the results speak for themselves.  I am
>confident we did the right thing.
>
>Best,
>
>Michael

Ok Michael,

this is an explanation that I can accept!

It simply would have been better to have included it already in your original
posting, then I´d never asked - and this thread hadn´t been necessary at all.

Best regards,
Franz.



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