Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:40:56 07/22/99
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On July 22, 1999 at 21:29:44, Bruce Moreland wrote:
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>>
>>I don't think any one person should be allowed to impose their guidelines,
>>standards, etc. on the rest of us here at the CCC. I don't believe it was ever
>>set up with a ONE MAN show in mind. No matter who it is.
>
>Alright. Let's talk practical stuff, like I in fact did in my "platform" thing.
>
>Someone who you have never heard of writes a post with the title:
>
>"F--- you"
>
>The content of the post is:
>
>"No really, f--- you".
>
>That's all, but of course the hyphens in the post are of course not hyphens, and
>I would ordinarily spell out the words, but given the present climate I think
>people would probably jump on me.
>
>You run across this post at 12:38 a.m., as you are getting ready to go to bed.
>What do *you* do about this, as one of three moderators?
Not only would I delete it, I would not even bother sending an email to the
other moderators to ask their opinion.
That is one of the reasons I said in my statement that moderators would be
called upon to use their "brain-pan."
On Usenet, there are forums:
news:rec.humor {Jokes and the like -- may be somewhat offensive}
news:rec.humor.funny {Jokes that are funny -- in the moderator's opinion}
news:alt.tasteless.jokes {title says it all}
I don't read them, but if you like that sort of thing -- there you go.
I am not saying that we should sterilize this forum like some hospital
instrument. But if (in the judgement of an acting moderator) something that is
supposed to be funny may offend a significant fraction of the audience -- then
it should be removed. All the more so because there are appropriate forums for
that sort of thing.
Go and take a look at news:rec.games.chess.computer and you will find that it is
still a cesspool precisely because you can post anything you like to an
unmoderated Usenet newsgroup. The entire purpose of this forum was to provide a
location where people can talk about chess/computer related issues in a place
free from offensive posts.
Moderators were chosen for their judgement. Let them exercise it.
For Crying Out Loud.
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