Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:34:00 11/20/00
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On November 20, 2000 at 00:41:59, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 19, 2000 at 22:48:18, Chessfun wrote: > >>On November 19, 2000 at 21:19:13, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On November 19, 2000 at 19:06:31, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>On November 19, 2000 at 18:58:58, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 19, 2000 at 18:24:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On November 19, 2000 at 12:10:02, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On November 19, 2000 at 10:09:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On November 19, 2000 at 07:34:52, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I don't follow. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I suspected that much. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>I put "moderation" in the subject, and told Thorsten >>>>>>>>>>to cut it out. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>You said as moderator he had to stop talking because he said something he didn't >>>>>>>>>know about in your opinion. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>No I didn't. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Yes you did. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Jeroen was 100% right in his previous posting. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Ed >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>So I didn't tell Thorsten his post was off-topic? >>>>>> >>>>>>You _did_ read the entire thread, right? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>><no?> >>>>>> >>>>>>thought so... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>This is what you wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "Stop this _here_. You don't understand what is going on, so please >>>>> keep your mouth shut about it." >>>>> >>>>>"Stop this here" is fine because is was very off-topic. >>>>> >>>>>The rest of your sentence is quite humiliating and offensive. >>>>> >>>>>The correct sentence would be: "Stop this _here_. This is off-topic. >>>>> >>>>>It's about the same Jeroen said. >>>>> >>>>>Ed >>>> >>>>PS, it was at the time you changed the header into "Moderation: >>>>STOP NOW" so you don't have an excuse to say you weren't talking >>>>as an moderator when you said: >>>> >>>> "Stop this _here_. You don't understand what is going on, so please >>>> keep your mouth shut about it." >>>> >>>>Maybe you should moderate yourself a bit instead of showing your >>>>moderator muscles. >>> >>>I'm not trying to really excuse anyone stepping out of line about this issue in >>>CCC, but you need to realize that almost everyone in the USA is agrrivated by >>>this election at the moment, and opinions about our country are not welcomed >>>from someone who hasn't studied the matter very well. Thorsten's post looks >>>like nothing but a troll post to me. >> >> >>What is happening in Florida in theory can happen in any Democracy. >>Thorsten's post should have been deleted...it was that simple. >>Jeroen was correct in his posting. I myself was tempted to post something >>along the lines of what Jeroen posted but in all seriousness thought, what's the >>point. Proved sadly by the resultant posts. >> >> >>>If people want to see people from the USA spitting fire, well bringing up >>>shortcomings in our govorment is a real good way to see that happen. Trust me >>>on this one, when Bob said "keep your mouth shut about it." that was showing >>>restraint IMO. >> >>Dr. Hyatt wa elected as a moderator. That's the job he should have been doing. >> >>Sarah. > > >Maybe it should have been deleted. But as I said early on, I am loathe to >delete posts unless the uproar demanding it crosses some threshold level. It >nearly got there, but I would rather see _all_ threads that are off-topic die >of their own lack of interest, rather than disappearing through the magic wand >of the moderators. > >If you think my "STOP NOW" wasn't polite enough, maybe it wasn't. The email >WAS polite. It was apparently ignored. Or it didn't arrive. Or it simply >hasn't arrived yet. I don't know. >The original post was a US bashing. It was. >I don't think it _deserved_ a polite response. as Bob: yes as Bob the moderator: no That's all. Keep up the good work. Being a moderator must be a royal pain. Ed
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