Author: allan johnson
Date: 18:14:42 07/12/99
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On July 12, 1999 at 19:30:47, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>On July 12, 1999 at 06:56:23, Harald Faber wrote:
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>>On July 12, 1999 at 04:15:29, Will Singleton wrote:
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>>>I think that any post with a subject containing three exclamation marks, as well
>>>as the word "look" employed in an imploring tone, should be immediately canned.
>>>
>>>This is not to be taken as a criticism of the poster, but rather a comment
>>>regarding moderation techniques. ;)
>>>
>>>Will
>>
>>I think we won't get a majority for that....
>
>That's for sure, but I didn't really expect agreement. My sentiment was one of
>those late night things, you know, like, here's just more junk from that guy, I
>wish it wasn't there. But, what can you do? In an open forum like this,
>without real controls, it's next to impossible to do much. So the suggestion
>was admittedly a bit off.
>
>What some people don't realize is that my position isn't intended to produce a
>more restrictive environment, rather the opposite. Perhaps the days are gone
>when people could gather on the net to discuss serious issues in a grad school
>type atmosphere. Maybe that never really existed, personalities being what they
>are. But the idea is to provide a reasonable atmosphere, and the quality
>discussion will follow, and grow. I don't even care much if it's confined to
>computer chess or not; I'd rather have good discussions on the qualities of
>golf-ball dimples than bad discussions on computer chess. And yes, someone then
>has to decide what's good and what isn't.
Will: Everyone has their own opinion as to what's good and what isn't
good.We are all entitled to disagree but imposing a view of good on someone
or not allowing a person to express that view sounds pretty dangerous to me
Judgements about value must be made
Of course;and they are by everyone in society.The thing is our judgments of
values are often different.That's what makes life so enjoyable for many people
values often What a terrible thing.
>
>Anyway, I'm done. Sorry, no point, really. Although I used to think that was
>the point (not the main point, of course) of this place.
>
>Will
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