Author: Michael Cummings
Date: 18:29:11 03/24/01
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On March 24, 2001 at 11:52:14, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On March 24, 2001 at 01:07:22, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>>e. Consider the use of a software program to achieve any of the above. >> >>Won't work. Consider Bruce's 'richard-head' post. Yes, it was a poor term and >>offensive to some. In fact, if you or some others had complained via the >>moderator complaint form, I might have considered deleting it. But he was using >>the term to describe thieving varmits. Not CCC members or things like that. >>Maybe "thieving varmits" would be better. But I think it would be wrong to >>automatically bounce Bruce's post. Now, there may be some filtering that is >>possible. But I think it is far more difficult than most might imagine. > >I think this is gross. It was my post, so I feel a little uncomfortable telling >people how good it was, but it was a fine post containing some useful content, >considering the topic, and the only reason it caused trouble is that some guy >here under a false name wants to get me in trouble, not because of what the post >said, but because he has some axe to grind with me. Who it is, or what he has >against me, I have no idea, but that this is what is happening is a good bet. > >And you'd play right into his hands. > >If the only thing we have to argue here about these days is whether or not we >can occasionally use a PG term (maybe PG-13, but certainly not R), CCC must be >doing pretty well. > >I hope that we don't get so bad here that I can't write because people are >offended by my style even when I don't use those terms. This place is suppose >to provide freedom from personal attacks and stalking, not from occasional >offense. > >bruce Totally right, and for potential and past moderators not being able to see this makes me not want to vote for them.
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