Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 06:23:49 10/13/00
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On October 13, 2000 at 05:39:07, Mogens Larsen wrote: >On October 13, 2000 at 05:23:53, Thorsten Czub wrote: > >>Would you please enlighten me, concerning the reason why you relate >>a topic of this forum to a jugoslavien dictator and fascist ? > >If you actually read his entanglement of moderator dictatorship and democracy it >seems rather obvious. > >"He was to elected to to do it and as long _he_ is the moderator others should >do, what he says. That implies my understanding of democraty..." > >That's not how it works. Oh but it is. We elected a disgrace for president of the US. We have had to "live" with that decision until next month when elections are held here. However, as I have said on more than one occasion, I'm pretty easy to get rid of. Although I _really_ have a hard time understanding why this particular thread exists... If asking someone to use _accurate_ subjects is a transgression on someone's freedom of speech, somehow it sure eludes me exactly how this is true. Some would say "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." They ought to study the law of entropy. Intelligent people discover that things _do_ need tweaking from time to time. The US constitution has been amended more than once to refine it. Legislatures pass _new_ laws each year to close loopholes or make something written in the past clearer. I don't see how "please use a reasonable subject line" turns this into a kindergarden or anything else. > >>I see no reason to do so, despite the fact that you want to provoke >>or hurt people. > >No, it's purely for educational reasons. > >>It is off-topic and does not need to be talked or related in a >>computerchess-forum. maybe you should better post this stuff >>in your "Almighty Forum Dedicated to Everything", but not here. > >If you're unhappy about the message I posted then there's moderator e-mail. >Don't forget to include Oliver's as well. > >Mogens. I don't see this as a moderator issue. I see three possible things that can be done here: 1. we have a poll question, or a discussion, on whether we should be able to use _any_ subject line we want, whether it is related to the content of the post or not, whether it is misleading or not, etc. If most don't agree with my position, I don't mind changing, although I would be surprised if most disagree. 2. elect someone else in three months. And if I am nominated again, don't vote for me. that gets rid of the "Bob" problem completely. 3. Ask me to resign. Since I didn't really want to be a moderator in the first place, I would be willing to resign _now_ if enough believe it appropriate. In this case, I don't believe "tempest in a teapot" or "mountain out of a mole hill" comes even _close_ to describing what has happened. I don't buy this nonsense of "are you talking as a moderator or as a member." At present, I am _both_. Or do I also have to handle "are you talking as a chess programmer or as a computer chess lover?" "are you talking as a faculty member or as a computer chess hobbiest?" I am talking as Bob, which is any (or all) of the above... plus other things as well. I would hope it is obvious that there is no personal issue of any kind. Just a simple request that would (IMHO) _definitely_ make this place a "bit better".
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