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Subject: Re: I resign the Post as Moderator.

Author: Terry Presgrove

Date: 00:00:32 07/23/99

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On July 23, 1999 at 01:43:41, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On July 22, 1999 at 20:21:20, Terry Presgrove wrote:
>
>>  I don't doubt that(in your view )you had justification (rightly so or not)
>>  for deleting the post, but there is the rub...you deleted a post by another
>>  moderator (elected by us to represent us) who felt justified (right
>>  or wrongly) in making the post to  start with. In my view unless there is
>>  agreement by at least two of the three moderators there will always be the
>>  potential for this kind of devisiveness/controversy. I doubt very much that
>>  the deleted post would have created anything near this level of consternation.
>
>You are right that there would have been less trouble the other way.  I didn't
>know this at the time.
>
>I would probably still delete the post, rather than sitting around in a state of
>paralysis, having people complain all day long that something should be done,
>while accusing us collectively of both inaction and bizarre behavior.
>
>I am interested in knowing what Fernando's voters want this place to be like.
>
>Should I have left that dirty joke there indefinitely?  Can anyone post dirty
>jokes, or just a few people?  Are there limits on the number of dirty jokes that
>can be posted?  Is certainly language not allowed in dirty jokes?  Are other
>off-color troll subjects allowed, meaning, can I start a Ginger vs Mary Ann
>comparative speculative sexual performance thread?  Maybe we should have a few
>hundred posts on Captain Kirk's women.
>
>I would really like to know what to make of this.
>
>bruce

 As long as you have the gavel and the gun I'm sure we have nothing to fear
 but fear itself. :)

 TP







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