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Subject: Re: I agree

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 18:37:42 04/02/00

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On April 02, 2000 at 20:35:13, Ray MacFadyen wrote:

>On April 02, 2000 at 18:54:10, Pete Galati wrote:
>
>>On April 02, 2000 at 18:45:02, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>On April 02, 2000 at 18:13:08, Derrick Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  IT takes a tremendous amount of effort to refrain from using four letter words
>>>>when discussing the present moderators and there abuse of power.  Take for
>>>>instance my post titled  "Why I think Crafty plays Lousy Chess",,,  This message
>>>>was deleted shortly after I posted it.  The reason given by the moderators was
>>>>that it was an allegeded obvious Troll!! Obvious to Whom and Why??  Are the
>>>>moderators claiming to be able to read my mind and tell me what I am thinking??
>>>>What my intentions are?? Why is expressing  a negative opinion taken as a
>>>>troll??? Does everything said about crafty have to be Good??
>>>>The truth is that I simply expressed an unpopular opinion, somehow this has been
>>>>equated with abuse. It is now a Crime in CCC to say anything bad about crafty.
>>>>There is a difference between stating a opinion such as  "Crafty plays Lousy
>>>>chess"  as opposed to a personal attack which would Read  The Programmer of
>>>>Crafty is a Lunatic".  So why was my post deleted, No abusive words were used.
>>>>ONLY AN OPINION WAS EXPRESSED.
>>>
>>>One of the moderators thought your post was a troll and deleted it.  If you
>>>didn't agree, why not send moderator email, and you and the three of us can hash
>>>things out from there?
>>>
>>>Dave
>>
>>But then the second post was also deleted which was very abusive and insulting
>>towards the moderators.  There's some behavior problems at issue here.  I read
>>both of his deleted posts, and my reaction to both of them was that they were
>>out of line.  I was completely in favor of both of them being deleted.
>>
>>Pete
>I think the moderators are doing a wonderful job,it really is a pleasure to come
>to this forum now,keep up the good work men.
>Just my thoughts.
>Ray MacFadyen

I agree.  And even though only one of them is someone I voted for, I'm _very_
happy with the work they're doing.  There's no doubt in my mind that the right 3
moderators were selected, they're a better balance than I would have selected.

Pete



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